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Fred Foster Roby

• Consanguinity: Great-uncle of Adrian John Snelson

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• Biography:
  
  Fred F. Roby is recorded as the informant of his father's death. His middle name Foster comes from his grandmother, Ann Foster.
• Birth: Fred Foster Roby was born on 20 October 1870 in Prescot.
• Christening: Fred Foster was christened on 16 April 1873 in St. Mary the Virgin, Prescot.
• Witness: He and Mary Ellen Roby witnessed the marriage of Edwin Simpson and Ann "Annie" Roby on 21 October 1891 in Christ Church, Kensington, Liverpool, Her address is given as 72 Leopold Road (Liverpool) in 1891. Further, witnesses were Ann's brother Fred Forster Roby and her elder sister Mary Ellen Roby. Note that Fred writes "Forster".
• Residence: Fred Foster Roby resided in 72 Leopold Road, Liverpool, in 1895.¹
• Witness: He witnessed the death of John Roby on 19 February 1895 in 72 Leopold Road, Liverpool, He died of cerebral softening and exhaustion.¹
• Occupation: Fred Foster Roby was a barman before 1904.
• Residence: He resided in 100 Jubilee Drive about 1904.
• Death: He died on 23 March 1904, at age 33.
• Burial: Fred Foster's remains were buried on 26 March 1904 in Grave 407 S7, West Derby Cemetery, in Liverpool.²

Census

Census 1871	Fred Foster Roby Id #2,214 (Son) was at home on Census night 2 April 1871 at Dogkennel House, Prescot. Also in the household that night were John Roby (Head of Household), Ellen Edwardson (Wife), Mary Ellen Roby (Daughter), John J Thomas Roby (Son), Ann "Annie" Roby (Daughter), and William Roby (Son) For search purposes, their Id numbers are respectively as follows :- Id #65, 66, 18,199, 18,213, 18,214, and 72 Original Documents, Source and Citations here3
Census 1881	Fred Foster Roby Id #2,214 (Son) was at home on Census night 3 April 1881 at 2 East View, Prescot, Lancashire. Also in the household that night were John Roby (Head of Household), Ellen Edwardson (Wife), Mary Ellen Roby (Daughter), William Roby (Son), Alice Jane ("Jennie") "Jenny" Roby (Daughter), Alfred Herbert Roby (Son), Albert Ernest Roby (Son), and Evelyn Beatrice Roby (Daughter) For search purposes, their Id numbers are respectively as follows :- Id #65, 66, 18,199, 72, 69, 67, 18,200, and 71 Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1901	Fred Foster Roby Id #2,214 (son) was at home on Census night 1901 at 281 Upper Parliament Street, West Derby. Also in the household that night were Ellen Edwardson (Head of Household), Alfred Herbert Roby (son), Evelyn Beatrice Roby (daughter), Mary Ellen Roby (daughter), and William Roby (son) For search purposes, their Id numbers are respectively as follows :- Id #66, 67, 71, 18,199, and 72 Original Documents, Source and Citations here

• Last Edited: 26 October 2022 23:21:04

Citations

1. [S462] Death Certificate of John Roby ( 1805 ), Source Element: R3-2894
2. [S2] Letter from Liverpool Record Office dated 28 July 1989 Interment Orders
3. [S5973] Census 1871 Lancashire John Roby a 35

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