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John ("Storehouse") Roberts

b. 24 December 1794, d. 29 October 1887

Person Notes

John Roberts lived and farmed at Storehouse from being a boy until the estate was divided up and sold for development in 1859. John was known locally as John Roberts-Storehouse and was one of the original Rhyl Improvement Commissioners. He was an overseer of the poor, which means he was on the committee that governed the workhouse and his name crops up regularly in newspapers of the day. He had a large family with his wife Anne after having an Illegitimate son with a woman, Sarah Rogers, in 1830. That child didn't survive, and it's curious that a record of marriage to Anne eludes.

References

The Roberts Family of Rhyl, The Roberts-Storehouse Family

Parents

Father	John Roberts (b. 1 November 1764, d. 27 March 1802)
Mother	Mary Davies (b. about 1764, d. May 1840)

Family with: Sarah Rogers

Son	William Henry Roberts (b. 1830, d. April 1831)

Family with: Anne Jones (b. about 1818, d. MAYBE 1879)

Daughter	Mary Roberts+ (b. about 1845)
Son	William Roberts (b. about 1847, d. 15 May 1894)
Son	Edward Roberts (b. 23 March 1849)
Daughter	Jane Roberts+ (b. about 1852, d. 21 May 1892)
Son	John Roberts (b. about 1854)
Daughter	Anne Roberts+ (b. 19 September 1856, d. 25 November 1943)
Son	Thomas Roberts (b. about 1859)

Time Line

1794
Birth
24 December 1794, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, Great BritainO
Citation: 1
17950
Baptism
1 January 1795, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales, Great BritainO
Citation: 1
183136
Residence
30 April 1831, The StorehouseO +, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
Mary Roberts, widow of John Roberts is recorded as occupying Storehouse.
Citation: 2
184146
Residence
6 June 1841, The StorehouseO +, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
Mary Roberts, widow of John Roberts is recorded as occupying Storehouse.
Citation: 3
185156
Residence
30 March 1851, The StorehouseO +, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
Mary Roberts, widow of John Roberts is recorded as occupying Storehouse.
Citation: 4
185661
Elected
17 July 1856, The Town Hall, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
Improvement Commissioner
185964
Residence
8 July 1859, The StorehouseO +, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
Mary Roberts, widow of John Roberts is recorded as occupying Storehouse.
Citation: 5
186166
Occupation
7 April 1861
Farmer and Brickmaker
Citation: 6
186166
Residence
7 April 1861, 42 High Street, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
Citation: 6
186267
Occupation
31 March 1862, Saint Asaph, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO
Appointed Overseer of the Poor for Rhuddlan.
186469
Misc
18 December 1864
Described as the father of Rhyl
187176
Residence
2 April 1871, Shipley Street, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
Citation: 7
187277
Elected
January 1872, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
Improvement Commissioner
188186
Residence
2 April 1881, VorydO +, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
Citation: 8
188792
Death
29 October 1887, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
Gronant Street
1887
Burial
1 November 1887, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
1894
Possessions
1894, 7, Plastirion Terrace, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +
1894
Possessions
1894, 2, Brighton Road, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, United KingdomO +

Citations

: 1 Jan 1794, Flintshire, Rhuddlan
: 30 Apr 1831, Flintshire, Rhuddlan
1841 Census for England, Wales & Scotland: Class: HO107; Piece: 1412; Book: 34; Civil Parish: Rhuddlan; County: Flintshire; Enumeration District: 11; Folio: 9; Page: 9; Line: 1; GSU roll: 464325
1851 Census for England, Wales & Scotland: HO107,2506,221,8,29
: 8 Jul 1859, Flintshire, Rhuddlan, Rhyl Baptisms, P-56-1-1, March 1841-July 1879 (P56-1-1)
1861 Census for England, Wales & Scotland: Class: RG9; Piece: 4296; Folio: 68; Page: 11; GSU roll: 543263
1871 Census for England, Wales & Scotland: RG10, 5668,46,9,43
1881 Census for England, Wales & Scotland: Class: RG11; Piece: 5528; Folio: 97; Page: 8; GSU roll: 1342328

Last Edited

13 September 2023

Anne Jones

b. about 1818, d. MAYBE 1879

Father	John ("Storehouse") Roberts (b. 24 December 1794, d. 29 October 1887)
Mother	Anne Jones (b. about 1818, d. MAYBE 1879)

Son	John Robert Jones (b. about 1868)
Son	Robert Pries Jones (b. about 1870)
Daughter	Mary Elizabeth Jones (b. about 1873)
Son	Thomas Charles Jones (b. about 1874)
Son	William Jones (b. about 1878)

Daughter	Blanche Marian Redfern (b. about 1882)
Daughter	Alice Maude Redfern (b. about 1884)
Son	Thomas Archibald Redfern (b. about 1886)
Son	Arthur Edward Redfern (b. about 1889)

Daughter	Gwendoline Millward+ (b. about 1879)
Daughter	Annie G. Millward (b. about February 1881)
Son	Henry Vincent Millward (b. 11 September 1882)
Daughter	Florence Millward (b. about 1884)
Daughter	Dorothy Millward (b. about 1890)
Son	Arthur E. Millward (b. about 1895)

Father	Robert Jones (b. 8 March 1843, d. 21 January 1905)
Mother	Mary Roberts (b. about 1845)

Son	Edward Roberts+ (b. 29 October 1790, d. 8 April 1871)
Daughter	Margaret Roberts (b. 10 November 1792)
Son	John ("Storehouse") Roberts+ (b. 24 December 1794, d. 29 October 1887)
Daughter	Elizabeth Roberts (b. 15 March 1797)
Daughter	Elin Roberts (b. 10 June 1799)
Daughter	Mary Roberts (b. 28 January 1802, d. 26 November 1850)

Son	Thomas Roberts (b. about 1760, d. May 1761)
Son	John Roberts+ (b. 1 November 1764, d. 27 March 1802)
Daughter	Mary Roberts (b. December 1768)

Father	Edward Roberts (d. MAYBE 29 MAY 1811)
Mother	Margaret Hughes