Thank you all for your help so far.
I have a copy of Charles's birth cert. It reads as 27 April 1843 in Hope District, Wrexham to John ROBERTS & Ann ROBERTS.
On the 1851 census they are living in Gresford Lane, Gresford Denbighshire.
I have a marriage of a Charles ROBERTS marrying in Birmingham district in 1906. This Charles is the son of the Charles Roberts I am checking.
The 1891 census shows a Charles ROBERTS (senior) with wife Elizabeth in Ladywood Birmingam with a son Charles of the correct age. By 1901 Charles had died leaving Elizabeth a widow.
The 1891 census shows Charles as from Gresford and Elizabeth shows her as Llan something. In the 1901 census shows her as Denbighshire.The writing is difficult but we think it is Llanelidan. This is where we get the approx birth year of 1841.
Another researcher states that Elizabeth is Elizabeth GRIFFITHS but I cannot find a marriage between these two in Birmingham or Denbighshire. I have an eldest child, Mary, born around 1871 so I have looked for marriages from 1856 to 1872 in Denbighshire and Birmingham. I have searched where an Elizabeth is shown to have married at the same time as a Charles ROBERTS.
I only found (all marked as Wrexham) Elizabeth BATE Q Mar 1866, Elizabeth Jane HUGHES Q Mar 1872 Wrexham & Elizabeth ROGERS Q June 1872. No exact matches here.
When I am given other searches I tend to presume it is correct then I seek to verify or disprove.
In the Ruthin births there are two Elizabeth GRIFFITHS that could match the time period, one born Q Sep 1840 and one born Q Dec 1841.
Presuming the marriage is in the same district there is one Eliz GRIFFITHS shown marrying in Ruthin in Q Jun 1858 poss. husbands being Thomas HUGHES & Ishmael ROBERTS
In the Q Jun 1862 there is an ELizabeth & John ROBERTS listed but John is shown as Ruthin and Elizabeth as Wrexham
In Q Dec 1865 Elizabeth is shown with Richard ROBERTS at Conway
After that we are in 1873 and beyond.
I do have a copy of the baptism record of an Elizabeth to John & Jane Griffith on 24 Dec 1841 in Llanelidan, which would fit.
I just cannot find the link between this Elizabeth GRIFFITHS and Charles ROBERTS.
Just looking and hoping for a breakthrough really.
Regards
Kerry