Name of “Jack Roberts” and occupation from page 3 of the biography of Jack’s brother, Ben Roberts:
“Remembered - From Ploughboy to Parliamentarian, The life and works of the Hon. Ben Roberts, Minister of Agriculture and Marketing 1943-46”

Formal name of “John Roberts”, age, occupation place of birth, estimated year of birth, from the 1881 England Census taken on the night of 3 April 1881 for the West Derby Parish, Liverpool, found in September 2023:
House: 21 Ash St
William Roberts, Head, Married, age 41, Occupation Railway Goods Guard, Born Worthenbury North Wales [circa 1840]
Margaret Roberts, Wife, Married, age 40, Born Eccleston Lancashire England [circa 1841]
John Roberts, Son, age 11, Scholar, Born West Derby Liverpool England [circa 1870]
William Roberts, Son, age 7, Scholar, Born West Derby Liverpool England [circa 1874]
Joseph Roberts, Son, age 4, Born West Derby Liverpool England [circa 1877]
Benjamin Roberts, Son, age 1, Born West Derby Liverpool England [circa 1880]

Entry in the 1871 England Census taken on the night of 2 April 1871 for the West Derby Parish, Liverpool, Lancashire, found in September 2023:
House: 21 Ash St
William Roberts, Head, Married, age 32, Railway Guard, Born Hanmer Flintshire Wales [circa 1839]
Margret Roberts, Wife, Married, age 30, Born Eccleston Lancashire England [circa 1841]
Eliza Roberts, Daughter, age 4, Born Liverpool [circa 1867]
John Roberts, Son, age 2, Born Liverpool [circa 1869]
James Pollet, Lodger, Engine Driver, Unmarried, age 24
Robert Roberts, Lodger, Stoker, Unmarried, age 21

John’s father has remarried as per the 1891 England Census taken on the night of 5 April 1891 for the West Derby Parish, District of St Cyprian, Liverpool, found in September 2023:
House: 67 Needham Road
William Roberts, Head, Married, age 50, Railway Brakesman, Born Flintshire, Wales [circa 1841]
Sarah Roberts, Wife, Married, age 47, Born Gateacre Liverpool West Derby Lancashire England [circa 1844]
John Roberts, Son, Single, age 21, Printer Compositor, Born Liverpool West Derby Lancashire [circa 1870]
William Roberts, Son, Single, age 17, Railway Telephone Clerk, Born Liverpool West Derby Lancashire [circa 1874]
Joseph Roberts, Son, age 14, Chemists Messenger Born Liverpool West Derby Lancashire [circa 1877]
Benjamin Roberts, Son, age 11 Born Liverpool West Derby Lancashire [circa 1880]
Janet B Marsh, Daughter [of Sarah], age 18, Dressmakers apprentice, Born Liverpool West Derby Lancashire [circa 1873]
Frank L Marsh, Son [of Sarah], age 16, Stone moulders Apprentice, Born Liverpool West Derby Lancashire [circa 1875]
Arthur R Marsh, Grandson [of Sarah], age 9/12 Born Liverpool West Derby Lancashire [circa 1890]

In 1911 - John’s father (William Roberts) now a widow, and now living with John and family, from the 1911 England Census taken on the night of Sunday, 2 April 1911 for the Poulton with Seacombe Parish, Wallasey, Cheshire, found in September 2023:
House: 4 Broughton Road, Wallasey, Cheshire, England
John Roberts, Head, age 41, Married, Compositor, Printer, Worker, Born Liverpool Lancashire England [circa 1870]
Emily Lynch Roberts, Wife, age 43, Married, Born Woolton, Lancashire England [circa 1868]
Emily Margaret Roberts, Daughter, Single, age 16, Shorthand Writer and Typist, Grocery, Worker, Born Bangor-is-y-coed Denbighshire Wales [circa 1895]
Marjorie Eveline Roberts, Daughter, age 13, School, Born Egremont Cheshire England [circa 1898]
William Roberts, Father, Widower, age 71, Pensioned Railway Guard, Born Penley, Denbighshire, Wales [circa 1840]

In 1921 - John’s father (William Roberts) no longer living with John and family, from the 1921 England Census taken on the night of Sunday, 19 June 1921 for the Parish of Hoylake cum West Kirby, Cheshire County, England, found in December 2023:
Parish: Hoylake cum West Kirby
Registration district: Wirral
Registration district number: 451
Sub-district: Woodchurch
Address: 11 Celtic Road, Meols, Wirral, Merseyside, England
John Roberts, Head, Male, age 51, born 1869 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Linotype Operator at Liverpool Port & Earls (Printer)
Emily Lynch Roberts, Wife, Female, age 52, born 1868 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, At Home, At Home
Emily Margaret Roberts, Daughter, Female, age 26, born 1894 Denbighshire, Wales, Short Hand Typist at Paul Bros, Flour Miller, Birkenhead
Marjorie Eveline Roberts, Daughter, Female, age 23, born 1897 Wallasey, Cheshire, England, Short Hand Typist at Gracie Beazley & Co, Ship Broker, Liverpool

Date and place of marriage, from the England Marriage records found in December 2023:
Groom: John Roberts
Groom's Age: 24 [Born circa 1869]
Groom's Father: William Roberts
Bride: Emily Lynch Brown
Bride's Father: William Brown
Bride's Age: 26 [Born circa 1867]
Marriage Date: 12 August 1893
Marriage Place: Woolton, Lancashire, England