The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameArthur Roberts 
Birth7 May 1889, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
FatherWilliam Roberts (<1839-1929)
MotherSarah Brown (ca1844-1910)
Misc. Notes
Name, estimated year of birth, place of birth, from the 1901 England Census taken on the night of 31 March 1901 for the West Derby Parish, Liverpool, Lancashire, England found in December 2023:
Address: 67 Needham Rd
William Roberts, Head, Married, age 61, Railway Guard, worker, Born Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales [circa 1840]
Sarah Roberts, Wife, Married, age 57, Born Childwall, Lancashire, England [circa 1844]
Joseph Roberts, Son, Single, age 24, Town Postman, worker, Born Liverpool, Lancashire, England [circa 1877]
Arthur Roberts, Son, Single, age 10, Born Liverpool, Lancashire, England [circa 1891]
Is this our Arthur?
Full date of birth, now married, from the 1939 England and Wales Register collected by enumerators on the 29 September 1939.
Name: Arthur J Roberts
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 1 Dec. 1891
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 5 Deneham Ave.
Residence Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Occupation: General Labourer Unemployed
Enumeration District: Niag
Borough: Liverpool
[NOTE: The 1939 Register was collected by enumerators on the 29 September 1939 shortly after Britain declared war. The Register was a critical tool in coordinating the war effort and used to issue National Identity Cards and organise ration books. And from 1948, as the basis for the National Health Service Register].
Updated January 2024: Upon receiving the Birth record for our Arthur Roberts, we can conclude the Arthur Roberts, in the 1939 Register above, has a different date of birth and is therefore, not our Arthur Roberts here.
Exact date and place of birth, found in Birth Record received from the "General Register Office (GRO) for England and Wales" in January 2024. Please see PDF for copy.
Name: Arthur Roberts
When Born: 7 May 1889 at Lying-in Hospital * [West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
Name of Father: William Roberts
Name and Maiden Surname of Mother: Sarah Roberts, late Johnson, previously Marsh, formerly Brown. 67 Needham Street
Rank or Profession of Father: Railway Guard
Informant: The mark of Sarah Roberts, 67 Needham Street [West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
[* NOTE: A “Lying-In Hospital” was a maternity hospital in England. The first one opened in 1767 on Westminster Bridge Road, London and closed in 1971. Lying-in is an archaic term for childbirth and referring to the month-long bed rest following childbirth].
Address: 67 Needham Rd
William Roberts, Head, Married, age 61, Railway Guard, worker, Born Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales [circa 1840]
Sarah Roberts, Wife, Married, age 57, Born Childwall, Lancashire, England [circa 1844]
Joseph Roberts, Son, Single, age 24, Town Postman, worker, Born Liverpool, Lancashire, England [circa 1877]
Arthur Roberts, Son, Single, age 10, Born Liverpool, Lancashire, England [circa 1891]
Is this our Arthur?
Full date of birth, now married, from the 1939 England and Wales Register collected by enumerators on the 29 September 1939.
Name: Arthur J Roberts
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 1 Dec. 1891
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 5 Deneham Ave.
Residence Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Occupation: General Labourer Unemployed
Enumeration District: Niag
Borough: Liverpool
[NOTE: The 1939 Register was collected by enumerators on the 29 September 1939 shortly after Britain declared war. The Register was a critical tool in coordinating the war effort and used to issue National Identity Cards and organise ration books. And from 1948, as the basis for the National Health Service Register].
Updated January 2024: Upon receiving the Birth record for our Arthur Roberts, we can conclude the Arthur Roberts, in the 1939 Register above, has a different date of birth and is therefore, not our Arthur Roberts here.
Exact date and place of birth, found in Birth Record received from the "General Register Office (GRO) for England and Wales" in January 2024. Please see PDF for copy.
Name: Arthur Roberts
When Born: 7 May 1889 at Lying-in Hospital * [West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
Name of Father: William Roberts
Name and Maiden Surname of Mother: Sarah Roberts, late Johnson, previously Marsh, formerly Brown. 67 Needham Street
Rank or Profession of Father: Railway Guard
Informant: The mark of Sarah Roberts, 67 Needham Street [West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
[* NOTE: A “Lying-In Hospital” was a maternity hospital in England. The first one opened in 1767 on Westminster Bridge Road, London and closed in 1971. Lying-in is an archaic term for childbirth and referring to the month-long bed rest following childbirth].