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Roes in Luton: the family of Peter Roe (1801 – 1873)
I continue to be intrigued by the Roe family of Luton – specifically, Peter Roe and William Roe, both of whom were shoemakers in the town in the first half of the nineteenth century. I’m convinced that...
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Roes in Luton: the family of William Roe (b. 1811)
Continuing with my exploration of the Roe family of Luton, and following on from my last post about the family of Peter Roe, in this post I’ll summarise everything I’ve managed to discover about the...
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The death of Daniel Roe, shoemaker
Yesterday I made an important discovery about my maternal great great grandfather, Daniel Roe. I’ve managed to find out a great deal about Daniel and his family, but until now I hadn’t known when he...
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Roes in Luton: the family of George Roe (1811 – 1857)
In writing about the Roes of Luton, I’ve overlooked the existence of a possible third brother – George – to go alongside Peter and William, and I’m grateful to my fellow researcher Margaret Lewis for...
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Roes in Luton: the family of Ruth Roe (d. 1840)
I’ve written recently about three members of the Roe family who lived in Luton in the first half of the nineteenth century, all of whom were shoemakers: Peter Roe (1801 – 1873), William Roe (1811 – c....
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A new blog about my Glasgow ancestors
I’ve started a new blog – Merchant City Cousins – that grows out of my research into the family of my 4th great uncle, George Robb, a merchant in early nineteenth-century Glasgow and the brother of my...
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Revisiting the French family
As often happens, an email from a distant relative has prompted me to revisit a neglected branch of my family tree. Gareth Sanger is, like me, a descendant of Stepney bootmaker Frederick French (1810 –...
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Frederick French and Emily Hindley
In the last post, I summarised what we know about the origins of the French family, and reported what I’ve managed to find out about my 3rd great grandfather Frederick French (1810 – 1887), a...
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Charles Edward Stuart Robb – schoolmaster?
I’ve discovered two ‘new’ records which throw fresh light on the life of my paternal third great grandfather, Charles Edward Stuart Robb. I’ve written about Charles in a number of earlier posts, but...
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The Robb family in Whitechapel revisited
On Saturday we were in London, visiting our daughter whose flat is on the borders of Aldgate and Whitechapel. We’d booked a table for lunch at a pub in Wapping, and our route there found us crossing...
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