Families of the parish of Roade, Northamptonshire, England


Richard Widdows [Parents] was born about Jan 1876 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 1 Apr 1877 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. He married Mary Elizabeth Arnold on 26 Dec 1899 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/5, no. 183, aged 15 months, birth set from this.

CENSUS 1881 on CD at Roade, Northampton, England. Source:FHL Film 1341372 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1542 Folio 62 Page 22. Age 5, a scholar.

CENSUS 1891 of Roade, Northamptonshire, LDS ref 6096303 Enumerator 4, Folio 48, page 10, household 72, aged 15 a labourer.

MARRIAGE (1899) from Roade Parish records, NRO ref 281p/59, no.262. a 24 year old bachelor of Roade. A platelayer.

CENSUS 1901 of Roade, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG12/1418, enumerator 2, folio 18, page 12, schedule 90, at The Leys, age 25, a railway platelayer.

Mary Elizabeth Arnold [Parents] was born about 1878 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. She married Richard Widdows on 26 Dec 1899 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 from CD of Roade, Northamptonshire, LDS ref 1341372, PRO ref. RG11, Piece 1542, Folio 55, page 7. Age 2 listed as Mary E here.

CENSUS 1891 of Roade, Northamptonshire, LDS ref 6096303 Enumerator 4, Folio 46, page 6, household 46, aged 12, listed as M Eliz Arnold.

MARRIAGE (1899) from Roade Parish records, NRO ref 281p/59, no.262. A 22 year old spinster of Roade.

CENSUS 1901 of Roade, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG12/1418, enumerator 2, folio 18, page 12, schedule 90, at The Leys, age 22.


Richard Brice was born before 1822 in , , England.

KNOWN from marriage of his son,. A labourer.

He had the following children:

  M i James Brice was born about 1842.

Richard Townsend was born before 1822 in , , England.

KNOWN from marriage of his daughter. A labourer.

He had the following children:

  F i Eliza Townsend was born about 1842.

George Taylor was born before 1836 in , , England.

KNOWN from marriage of his son. A labourer.

He had the following children:

  M i William Taylor was born about 1856.

John Cadd was born before 1838 in , , England.

KNOWN from marriage of his son. A labourer.

He had the following children:

  M i Herbert Ernest Cadd was born about 1858.

John Chaplin was born before 1833 in , , England.

KNOWN through marriage of his son, a labourer.

He had the following children:

  M i Thomas Chaplin was born about 1853.

Arthur John Clarke [Parents] was christened on 17 Oct 1858 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. He married Elizabeth Jane Banks on 18 May 1880 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Roade parish records, NRO ref. 281p/4, no. 609.

CENSUS 1861 of Roade, enumerator 4, folio 57, page 9, schedule no 51, age 2.

CENSUS 1871 of Roade, enumerator 4, folio 68, page 24, schedule no. 149, age 12, a scholar.

MARRIAGE (1880) from Roade Parish records, NRO ref 281p/59, no.177, a 21 year old bachelor of St Judes, Hunslet, Leeds,Yorkshire. A grocer. Middle name here.

Elizabeth Jane Banks [Parents] was born about 1856 in , , England. She married Arthur John Clarke on 18 May 1880 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE (1880) from Roade Parish records, NRO ref 281p/59, no.177, a 24 year old spinster of Roade.


Joseph Banks was born before 1836 in , , England.

KNOWN from marriage of his daughter. A cabinet maker.

He had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Jane Banks was born about 1856.

Leslie Harry Lane [Parents] was born in 1869 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. He married Emma Clarke on 5 Aug 1895 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH date from Maisie White of South Africa (email July 2001), she credits Joseph Charles with the information as he has a copy of the birth certificate.

CENSUS 1871 of Roade, enumerator 4, folio 57, page 3, schedule no. 15, age 3, named Lizley H here.

CENSUS 1881 from CD of Roade, Northamptonshire, LDS ref 1341372, PRO ref. RG11, Piece 1542, Folio 55, page 8. Age 12, a scholar. Named as L H Lane.

CENSUS 1891 of Roade, Northamptonshire, LDS ref 6096303 Enumerator 4, Folio 46, page 7, household 52, aged 22, a labourer. Listed as Harry.

MARRIAGE (1895) from Roade Parish records, NRO ref 281p/59, no.234. A 26 year old bachelor of Roade. A labourer. Named Leslie Harry here.

Emma Clarke [Parents] was born about 1868 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England. She married Leslie Harry Lane on 5 Aug 1895 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 on CD, at Roade, Northampton, England. Source:FHL Film 1341372 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1542 Folio 63 Page 24, age 12.

MARRIAGE (1895) from Roade Parish records, NRO ref 281p/59, no.234, a 27 year old spinster of Roade.


George Clarke [Parents] was christened on 19 Apr 1829 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. He married Harriet Wakefield on 26 Jun 1853 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Roade parish records, NRO ref. 281p/4, no. 148

CENSUS 1841 of Roade, LDS film no.438873, enumerator 4, folio 12, page 18. Age 12.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 247, page 13, schedule no.56. Age 22, a railway labourer.

MARRIAGE (1853) from Roade Parish records, NRO ref 281p/59, no.80. a labourer, of full age, a bachelor of Roade.

Harriet Wakefield [Parents] was born before 1832 in , , England. She married George Clarke on 26 Jun 1853 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE (1853) from Roade Parish records, NRO ref 281p/59, no.80. A spinster of full age of Great Easton.

They had the following children:

  M i Frederick Clarke was christened on 22 Apr 1855 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/4, no. 559.
  M ii Henry Clarke was christened on 22 Mar 1857 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. was buried on 21 Sep 1858 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/4, no. 586.

BURIAL from Roade Parish records, NRO ref. 281p/8, no. 376, aged 1 year and 4 months, it noted he was teething!
  M iii Henry Clarke was christened on 20 Mar 1859 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/4, no. 620.

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