Category Archives: Roe

In the last post, I speculated about a possible connection between the Huckle family of Biggleswade – one of whom, Elizabeth Milton nee Huckle, was looking after young Caleb and Eliza Roe at the time of the 1841 census – … Continue reading →

The 1841 census finds my 3 x great grandmother Eliza Roe, 40, and her children Hannah Roe, 15, Daniel Roe, 13, Richard Roe, 12, Eliza Roe, 10, and Caleb Roe, 8, living at Sand Pitts, Biggleswade. At the same address, … Continue reading →

Some time between March 1851 and April 1861 my great great great grandmother, Eliza Sharp, formerly Roe, left her employment with the Walbey family of Bury Farm, Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire (see my last post) and joined the household of Rev. Robert … Continue reading →

In my last post, I mentioned that my great great great grandmother Eliza Roe, nee Holdsworth, can be found in the 1851 census record working as a nursery servant in the village of Nuthampstead. This was six years after her … Continue reading →

When I started researching my family’s history a few years ago, I was under the impression that both sides of the family had been firmly rooted in the East Ham area for generations. Of course, I knew that the Robbs … Continue reading →

In Part 1 of this post, I suggested that there might be a religious reason behind the fact that Kezia Eliza Roe was born in St. Thomas Square, Hackney. The longstanding associations of Hackney with Protestant Nonconformity are well known, … Continue reading →

When you’re researching your family’s history, there are some mysteries that nag away at you, and that you find yourself returning to again and again. As I’ve mentioned on a number of occasions, I’m intrigued by  the names that my … Continue reading →