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Whilst researching the Robey family in the Kearsley, Lancashire, England area I was given two letters from relatives in Guelph Ontario to the Robey family in England.  Unfortunately there were no surnames on the letters.  I am trying to trace this branch of the family but no success so far so I wondered if anyone on Rootschat could help.

The info I gleaned from the letters are as follows:

Letter 1

Sent to William Robey 1874-1960 Stoneclough, Lancashire husband of Emily Walker

Dec 4 1946
31 Queen St
Guelph Ontario
to Uncle Will
Auntie in nursing home
Ileen (Ilene?) not in Guelph, now in Brampton
Ada in US
Eldest boy out of army – Regimental pay sergeant at Camp Debert Nova Scotia
   25 in Feb 1947 (b 1922)
Stanley 18 (b 1928)
Both look like Tom (Father?)
Stan
Billie
Dan’s family live in US – Detroit – 2 boys Bobby 1938; Bruce 1936

From Niece – Annie

Envelope 11 Aug 1941 not 1946 so not original letter
33 Palmer Street, Guelph

Letter 2
To Ada Roberts (nee Robey - William's daughter) 1913-1992 Stoneclough, Lancashire, England
Has "MacCarthy ?" hand written in modern ballpoint on envelope

To Ada
28 Nov 1950
Carol and Sylvia (Ada's daughter) about the same age ~ b 1940
Anne our eldest is in High School
Mother the same health – Annie??
From Ilene

I have found one Robey who emigrated to Canada but I have not established a connection between them and the letter writers:

Mary Hannah Robey b 1877 in Kearsley, Lancashire.
MHR married Alfred Battersby (b 1879 Farnworth), Lancashire in 1899 in Bolton.
They emigrated to Canada in 1902 and 1903 and ended up in Toronto according to the 1911 Ontario Census.

They had 4 sons and 3 daughters.
One son, Kenneth died in January, 2017

I have the whole tree on Ancestry.

I have not been able to find out much due to the lack of info on 20th century BMD online accessible.


If anyone can help with any aspect of this I would be very grateful.

Regards
David Brandreth
Grandson of Margaret Alice Robey (1898-1997)