David Lodge

David is my great great grandfather. He was born in 1816 in Yorkshire.

The records I have on him, reveal the following:

1816 - christening in Kirkheaton, Yorkshire
1830 - he appears in the bankrupt directory. He is resident in Almondbury, Huddersfield and working as a fancy manufacturer
1841 - he married Ann Castle in Kirkheaton
1841 - working as a fancy weaver
1851 census - resident in Lepton, working as a cotton dyer

He died in 1860.

The next Thomas Roberton, my great great grandfather

Thomas seemed to be a popular name in the Roberton family. This Thomas, my great great grandfather was born in 1804 in Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland. My father wrote this about him.

The record of my grandfather's birth shows that his parents were Thomas and Janet Roberton but I have been unable to obtain any further information at this time.

The IGI shows a Thomas Roberton/Janet Taylor were married 6 December 1825 at the parish of Eastwood.

They were both stated to be deceased on the certificate of their son's second marriage on 5 June 1874 but on the certificate for his first marriage only Janet Roberton is stated to be deceased. This means that Thomas Roberton my great grandfather died between 19th July 1870 and 5th June 1874.

In a 1851 census for the Parish of Eastwood, the head of the house is shown as Thomas Roberton, a widower aged 45, with two sons and 2 daughters. The youngest son is a Thomas aged 10 and this age makes it possible that the son was my grandfather who was born in 1841. If this is true it would mean that the head of the house was my great grandfather and that my great grandmother, Janet Taylor, was dead at that time.

The names of the children (Margaret, Euphemia, Charles, Thomas) seemed to connect with the future members of my family.

The IGI at Huddersfield included the following entries for the parish of Eastwood:

30 May	1799	Roberton Thomas	Euphemia Hall	HM
13 October	1799	Roberton James	Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall	MB
15 March	1801	Roberton John	Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall	MB
26 September	1802	Roberton Archibold	Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall	MB
1 December	1804	Roberton Thomas	Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall	MB

The date of birth of the youngest son relates closely with the 45 quoted as the age of the house in the 1851 census. In which case the Thomas Roberton and Euphemia Hall married on 30th May 1799 would have been my great great grandparents.