Rev William Roberts

[KiwiChris]

Can anyone find where this man came from and who his parents might be?


ROBERTS, William
family background not identified with confidence
born 25 Aug 1878 [?Llanllyfni co Carnarvonshire]
died 05 Dec 1951 vicarage Glyncorrwg Neath Port Talbot west Glamorganshire
[left £273 probate to Cecil Hanson ROBERTS schoolmaster]- son
buried churchyard S Cynwyd, parish of Llangynwyd with Maesteg, borough Bridgend Wales
Comment: maybe the largest private graveyard in the whole of Europe (church website)
married Jun ¼ 1916 [?S Cynwyd Llangynwyd] registered Bridgend co Glamorganshire
Charlotte Annie HANSON
born Mar ¼ 1880 Bridgend maybe died Mar ¼ 1932 registered St Pancras co Middlesex
daughter of Benjamin HANSON colliery pumpsman
born c1853 Huddersfield died 25 Sep 1934 buried churchyard S Cynwyd Llangynwyd
and Ann -
born c1858 St Brides Minor died Jun ¼ 1900 Bridgend Wales buried 06 Jun 1900 St Cynwyd Llangynwyd
Education
1919 St Michael’s college Llandaff
1921 deacon Llandaff
1922 priest Llandaff (8;not found 411)
Positions
[I](1911) maybe: William ROBERTS born c1877 Llandegai Carnarvon, head teacher in Llanywern and Llanfihangel Tal Y Llin
1920-1924 assistant (to Morgan Henry JONES) curate Llangynwyd S Cynwyd co Glamorganshire
Jul 1921 member 1st AngloCatholic Priests’ Convention Oxford
1924-1937 curate-in-charge Crynant [Y Creunant] conventional district
Geographical note: on the River Dulais nr Neath Port Talbot west Glamorganshire
and Glyncorrwg is on the River Afon Corrwyg, also in Neath Port Talbot west Glamorganshire
1937-death vicar Glyncorrwg
1937-1940 with Blaengwrach diocese Llandaff
(1939) widowed, also in the house Cecil H ROBERTS born 14 Aug 1917
(1941) residing Glyncorrwg Port Talbot co Glamorganshire

[kiterunner]

There are two possible William Roberts birth registrations in Carnarvon reg district (which included Llanllyfni) with no middle names, one Jul-Sep 1878 with MMN Humphreys and one Oct-Dec 1878 with MMN Roberts. Also some with middle names - William Owen Roberts, MMN Thomas, and William Wynn Roberts with MMN Roberts.

[kiterunner]

Here is a William Roberts age 2 in Llandegai on the 1881 census but his father is a quarryman. Of course we don't have your William's father's details from his marriage cert to check.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/8059/CAERG11_5575_5579-0565/761065?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return

Llandegai was in Bangor reg district while Llanllyfni was in Carnarvon.

[kiterunner]

There is a public tree on ancestry which has your William born at Pennal, Merionethshire, the son of Thomas John Roberts and Ellen Evans, with a previous marriage in 1904 to Annie Thomas who died in 1908:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/facts?_phcmd=u%28%27https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/

Thomas is also a quarryman. Guess there were a lot of them around!

[kiterunner]

Ah, this 1911 census entry fits nicely with that ancestry tree:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2353/rg14_32537_0341_06?pid=426084&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=dNx8014&_phstart=successSource

William Roberts Boarder 32 Widower Lay Worker, Church of England, born Pennal Merioneth, speaks both English and Welsh.

[KiwiChris]

Perfect! Thanks Kate, that will be him

Do you want to have a try at those Jones's?? LOL :d

[kiterunner]

Have to leave them till tomorrow, Chris.