A story of 12 generations
William Roe
Richard Roe
William Roe
George Roe
William Roe
George Roe
George Roe
George William Roe
Michael George Roe
Stephen George Roe
Thomas George Roe 1993 -
Records in Northampton County Records Office show William paying a Poll Tax during the reign of William and Mary towards the pursuit of a vigorous war against France.
William (The Second) was baptised in Theddingworth Parish Church on 2nd. January 1697. He also lived in Hothorpe and also married a Sarah.
Sarah was buried at Theddingworth on 5th. January 1764 and William on 17th. January 1771.
William and Sarah had eight children, all of whom were baptised in Theddingworth. They were:
Elizabeth b. 31st. May 1722
Sarah b. 10th. March 1723
Richard b. 18th. July 1723
Elizabeth b. 12th. February 1726
Anne b. 20th. October 1729 and buried in 1732
Benjamin b. 1734
George b. 18th. April 1736 and buried 1737
and George b. 1738
Richard married Judith Loake of Rushden, Northamptonshire on 30th. September 1745. They had 9 children, all of whom were baptised at Theddingworth. They were;
Sarah b. 31st. August 1746
James b. 4th. September 1748
William b. 21st. September 1750
Elizabeth b. 1st. October 1752 and buried 23rd. May 1757
Thomas b. 19th. January 1754
George b. 5th. June 1757
Richard b. 23rd. September 1759
Henry b. 21st. February 1762
Elizabeth b. 7th. April 1764
Richard was buried at Theddingworth on 16th. August 1767 and a year later Judith married again.
William (The Third) married Sarah, who was born in 1752 and buried in 1801 aged 49. At some stage William moved to Glooston, Leicestershire and all of their 11 children were baptised there. After Sarah's death William married Mary Pollard on 30th. May 1810 and fathered a further 4 children. Whilst between marriages he also fathered an illegitimate daughter, Mary, by Mary Letts. William is variously described as either an agricultural labourer or as a pauper. His children were:
By Sarah
Richard b. 25th. December 1775
Judith b. 12th. April 1778
Mary b. 1780 and buried 12th. April 1796 aged 16
Hubert b. 2nd October 1781
Jane b. 1st. October 1783 and buried 12th. October 1783
Mercy b. 29th. January 1785
Ann b. 27th. December 1788
Thomas b. 4th. July 1789
William b. 23rd. December 1792
James b. 8th. May 1796
George b. 1st April 1798
By Mary Letts
Mary b. 27th. August 1803
By Mary Pollard
Hannah b. 18th. August 1813 and buried 15th. January 1818
Henry b. 30th. March 1815
Sarah b. 3rd. November 1816 and buried 15th. April 1817
John b. 25th. November 1818
William was buried at Glooston on 4th. December 1827 aged 77.
George moved to Anstey where he married Ann Noble on 19th. June 1821. He was a farm labourer. Ann was born in 1795 and was buried in Anstey on 6th. March 1841 aged 46. She died from 'disease of the stomach'. Their children were all baptised at Anstey and were:
William b. 2nd. February 1823
Mary b. 6th. March 1825 and who may have later married a Springthorpe.
George b. 4th. May 1828 and buried on 10th. November 1828
Hannah b. 14th. March 1830 and later married George Harsser (see 1851 Census)
Ann b. 1836
George b. 1839 and died on 8th. February 1843 aged 5 from 'Croup'.
George died on 6th. July 1869 aged 72 from 'Congestion of the Lungs'.
William (The Fourth) moved to Belgrave, Leicester and married Ann Wilkes at Belgrave Parish Church on 22nd. September 1851. He was described as a Cordwainer. They had 6 children. They moved back to Anstey between 1853 and 1858. Their children were:
George born 6th. July 1852 at Belgrave
William born in 1855 and died on 18th. November 1871
Tom born in 1857 and died on 4th. November 1918. He did not marry.
Sarah-Ann born in 1859 and married Walter Jones Page.
Amos born in 1862 and who was 'afflicted'.
James born 30th. March 1865 and married Lizzie-Ann Finney. Their son was Clarence Wilfred Roe. He died on 8th. December 1945.
In 1881 Ann took in Eva Smith (later known as Eva Roe), aged a few months. (It is believed that Eva was an illegitimate child from the Smith side-arm of the family tree).
William died on 22nd. November 1878 from an 'Abscess of the Liver' and is probably buried in Anstey Parish Churchyard. Ann died on 6th. March 1916 and is buried in Anstey Cemetery.
George (The Second) married Harriet Davie at Anstey on 28th. December 1876. George was a Shoe Clicker and Harriet was a Shoe Fitter. Later she opened a shop on Stadon Road, Anstey. Initially they lived on The Green but eventually built what is now 35, Stadon Road. Their children were:
George born on 18th. July 1879
May born on 13th. December 1882 and died in Hillcrest Hospital, Leicester on 9th. January 1953.
George died on 1st. February 1933 aged 80 and Harriet died on 30th. December 1939 aged 85.
George (The Third) married Susannah Lowe at Anstey Congrgational Church on 6th. July 1905. He was a Retail Draper and kept a shop in The Nook, Anstey. They lived, at first, at 33, Stadon Road (then called number 17) and after the death of May moved next door to 35, Stadon Road. Their children were:
George William born 21st. March 1908
Annie May born 14th. September 1912. She married Ivan Harry Button at Anstey United Reform Church on 29th. August 1988.
George died at Zachary Merton Convalesent Home, Woodhouse Eaves on 14th. December 1971 and Susannah died at home in 1972.
George William went to school in Anstey and then to the Wyggeston School for Boys in Leicester. He then trained as a teacher at Westminster College, London and gained degrees in Chemistry. He went to teach in Grays, Essex and met and married Elizabeth Eveline Jenkins. She had come from the Rhondda to teach in Rainham. Essex. They had 2 children:
Michael George born in Grays on 8th. May 1937
David Hugh born in Grays on 28th. January 1946.
George William died in Orsett Hospital on 14th. June 1989 and Eveline died on 19th. December 1998, also in Orsett Hospital.
David took degrees at Pembroke College, Cambridge and the London School of Business Studies, married Elsa Joan Kalmus, who had qualified as a doctor at The Middlesex Hospital, and immediately moved to the USA to work. They had 2 children, Alexander and Eleanor. David died in a flying accident when his private plane crashed on Cape Cod in 1994. Eleanor married Anthony Gonzalez in San Diego in September 2003 and Alex married Rebecca Graham in Philadelphia in May 2004.
Michael George trained as a teacher at Westminster College, London and went to work in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Whilst at college he met June Meller who was also training to become a teacher. They married on 6th. August 1960. They have 2 children:
Stephen George born in the George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton on 1st. September 1962
Susan Joy born in the George Eliot Hospital on 2nd. December 1964
Susan married David Robert Berridge at Holy Trinity Church, Hinckley on 25th. June 1988 and has 2 children, Katherine Alice (born 27th. March 1991) and Emma Elizabeth (born 4th. June 1993).
Stephen George married Jacqueline Diane Iliffe (nee Hill) at Hinckley Registry Office on 23rd. May 1992. They have 1 son, Thomas George born at home in Hinckley on 8th. June 1993.
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