Family of Sidney ROBERTS and Sarah SHEARWOOD
Additional Information
| Census (family) (1)
| Hanover Street, Ecclesall Bierlow
He was of Independent Means.
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| Census (family) (2)
| Dial House, Wadsley
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| Census (family) (3)
| Dial House, Wadsley
Occupation given as Retired Silverplater
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Husband: Sidney ROBERTS
| Name:
| Sidney ROBERTS
4,5,6,7 |
| Sex:
| Male
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| Father:
| Jacob ROBERTS (1764-1820)
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| Mother:
| Mary Ann MORTON (1768-1849)
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| Birth
| 6 Mar 1804
| Sheffield
8,9 |
| Christening
| 14 Jun 1804 (age 0)
| Cathedral St Peter, Sheffield
8,10 |
| Occupation
| 1833 (age 29)
| Silversmith / Silver Plater
11,12 |
| Residence
| 1845 (age 41)
| Dial House, Ben Lane, Wadsley, Sheffield
13 |
| Death
| 12 Feb 1859 (age 54)
| Wadsley, Ecclesfield
14,15,16 |
| Burial
| 17 Feb 1859
| All Saints, Ecclesall
17 |
Additional Information
| Residence
| "Home of Sidney Roberts, gentleman, in 1845. he was succeeded in about 1856 by
John Shearwood Roberts, surgeon. Mrs Sarah Roberts (wife of Sidney) continued to
live there after the death of her husband, until 1868."
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| Death
| Cause: Hernia
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Wife: Sarah SHEARWOOD
| Name:
| Sarah SHEARWOOD
6,18 |
| Sex:
| Female
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| Father:
| John SHEARWOOD (1768-1820)
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| Mother:
| Ann BELL (1769-1836)
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| Birth
| 4 May 1801
| Sheffield
19,20 |
| Christening
| 17 Jun 1801 (age 0)
| Cathedral St Peter, Sheffield
21 |
| Death
| 19 Nov 1880 (age 79)
| Oxford Street, Upperthorpe, Sheffield
16,17,22 |
| Burial
| 23 Nov 1880
| All Saints Ecclesall
17 |
Child 1: John Shearwood ROBERTS
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John Shearwood ROBERTS, John Shearwood Roberts |
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Spouse: Ellen Maria LITTLEWOOD, Ellen (Littlewood) Roberts |
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| Name:
| John Shearwood ROBERTS
6,23,24 |
| Sex:
| Male
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| Spouse:
| Ellen Maria LITTLEWOOD (1834-1914)
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| Birth
| 6 Mar 1833
| Sheffield
6,25 |
| Census (1)
| 1841 (age 8)
| Sheffield
2 |
| Occupation
| 1863 (age 30)
| GP/Surgeon
26,27 |
| Census (2)
| 1871 (age 38)
| Sheffield
28 |
| Census (3)
| 1881 (age 48)
| Sheffield
29 |
| Census (4)
| 1901 (age 68)
| Sheffield
30 |
| Census (5)
| 1911 (age 77)
| Sheffield
31 |
| Death
| 14 Mar 1915 (age 82)
| Newfield Hall, Newfield Green, Sheffield
16,32 |
| Burial
| 17 Mar 1915
| All Saints, Ecclesall
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Additional Information
| Census (1)
| Hanover Street, Ecclesall Bierlow
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| Census (2)
| Ecclesall Bierlow
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| Census (3)
| 356 Glossop Road, Nether Hallam
General Practicioner of Medicine
MD St Andrews
MRCS London
LRCP Edin & L
Children and Adah Weston, Domestic Servant born in Derby
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| Census (4)
| 392 Glossop Road
Lived there with housekeeper Eliza Walraven
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| Census (5)
| Newfield Hall Sheffield
Separated from wife Ellen.
Living with housekeeper and servant.
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| Death
| Cause: Heart disease
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Child 2: Augustus Morton ROBERTS
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Spouse: Sophia Arrabella LITTLEWOOD, Sophia Arrabella Littlewood |
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Additional Information
| Census
| Hanover Street, Ecclesall Bierlow
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Note on Husband: Sidney ROBERTS
In Frederick Bradbury's "A History of Old Sheffield Plate", there is a reference to Sidney Roberts going into a ten year partnership in 1826 with Samuel Roberts, Evan Smith and William Sissons in a firm called Roberts, Smith & Co. Samuel Roberts (of Park Grange 1763-1848) was helped by his father (Samuel Roberts of Union Street 1732-1799) to start a new business in Eyre Street in 1784. This was a partnership with George Cadman called Roberts and Cadman, then with new capital, Roberts, Cadman & Co started in 1786 in a partnership for 14 years. In 1798 Samuel Roberts and George Cadman entered into another partnership for a further 14 years and this was renewed in 1812 for a similar period, expiring in 1826. This business in Sheffield Plate flourished. Sidney Roberts, Evan Smith and William Sissons all trained at the works in Eyre Street and were taken into partnership as described above.Sidney was 22 years old. Samuel was by this time 63 years old.
Sidney's father, Jacob, was running the Union Street Business( for his Uncle Samuel) until he died in 1820 when Sidney was only 16. So there was a distinct family connection and this helped Sidney find a place to train and eventually to become a partner.
In 1834, Samuel Roberts retired. His son Samuel continued the business in Eyre Street with Smith and Sissons in a new partneship called S Roberts, Smith & Co. But there is no evidence of Sidney. By this time he was 30 years old. In 1841, at the age of 35, the Census records he is living off "Independent" means at Hanover street, Ecclesall. The family have one servant. The next we know is in 1845 when he is 40 and living at Dial House, Wadsley. He is listed as a "Gentleman", so he may well have retired very early on the proceeds of the partnership?
Sidney is buried in the family tomb at All Saints, Ecclesall. The inscription on the top reads "In memory of Sidney son of Jacob and Mary an Roberts who died February 12th 1859 aged 54 yers".16,36,37
Note on Wife: Sarah SHEARWOOD
Sarah is buried alongside her husband in the family tomb at All Saints, Ecclesall. The inscription on the top reads "Also of Sarah the wife of Sidney Roberts who died November 19th 1880 aged 80 years".16
Sources
| 1 | "IGI". Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 2 | "Census". Piece 1333/5 Folio 18a. Cit. Date: "1841 Census". Assessment:
Primary evidence.
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| 3 | Ibid. Cit. Date: 1851. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 4 | Ibid. Cit. Date: 1841. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 5 | "IGI". Records date 1802-1805 Source Ref 919327. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 6 | Charles Augustus Roberts, "Genealogy of the Family of Roberts of Sheffield
1937". Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 7 | Joseph Hunter, "Hunter's Pedigrees" (Published 1894-1896). Assessment: Primary
evidence.
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| Sheffield Archives.
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| 8 | "Chris Rathbone". Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 9 | "IGI". Source ref 919327. Assessment: Questionable.
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| 10 | Ibid. Source Ref 919327. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 11 | "Death Certificate". Cit. Date: 16 February 1859. Assessment: Primary
evidence.
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| 12 | "Census". Cit. Date: 1851. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 13 | "www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk". Cit. Date: 20 August 2007. Assessment: Secondary
evidence.
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| 14 | "Death Certificate". Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 15 | SDFHS, "All Saints Church, Ecclesall" (Disk). Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 16 | "Family Tomb at All Saints Church, Ecclesall".
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| 17 | SDFHS, "All Saints Church, Ecclesall" (Disk). Burial Index. Assessment:
Primary evidence.
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| 18 | "IGI". See marriage to Sidney. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 19 | Charles Augustus Roberts, "Genealogy of the Family of Roberts of Sheffield
1937". Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 21 | "IGI". Source Batch No K150552. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 22 | "Chris Rathbone". Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 23 | "Census". Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 24 | "Marriage Certificate". Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 25 | "Census". 1881 Census. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 26 | Ibid. Cit. Date: "1881 Census". Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 27 | "Marriage Certificate". Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Surgeon
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| 28 | "Census". Piece 4661 Folio 68.
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| 29 | Ibid. Piece 4627 Folio 127 Page 26.
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| 30 | Ibid. Piece 4350 Folio 116 Page 5. Cit. Date: 1901. Assessment: Primary
evidence.
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| 31 | Ibid. Cit. Date: 1911. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 32 | "Death Certificate". Assessment: Primary evidence.
Age 82 at death
Certified by his son Vincent
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| 33 | Charles Augustus Roberts, "Genealogy of the Family of Roberts of Sheffield
1937".
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| 34 | "Census". Piece 1333/5 Folio 18a. Cit. Date: "1841 census". Assessment:
Primary evidence.
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| 36 | Edward Law, "Sheffield Silversmiths and The Origins of The Silver Trade in
Sheffield" (Internet website).
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| 37 | Frederick Bradbury, "A History of Old Sheffield Plate".
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