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  Posted by Wayne (U14998593) on Sunday, 9th October 2011

  Good Day,
  
  I am searching for some information about my grandfather's {Walter Thomas Roberts} b. 1897 d.1960 father. Walter Isaac Roberts b. Jan 1861 d. 1902 in London.
  
  He was a lamp lighter and one of the lights exploded killing him. Where would I find more information about what truly happened? My grandfather was only 5yrs old when this happened.
  
  Where should I try to look or get this information?
  
  
  I do thank all those that try to help me find this information.
  
  
  
  Wayne

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  Posted by clematised (U3233879) on Sunday, 9th October 2011

  You could start with the local Records Office for the area where it happened to check through the newspapers for the time to see if it had been reported in the press.
  What area was it by the way and do you have the death certificate which may indicate if there was an inquest and if so there should be a court record of it,
  
  
  Edna

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  Posted by BoothHunter (U14812392) on Sunday, 9th October 2011

  Good Day,
  
  I am searching for some information about my grandfather's {Walter Thomas Roberts} b. 1897 d.1960 father. Walter Isaac Roberts b. Jan 1861 d. 1902 in London.
  
  He was a lamp lighter and one of the lights exploded killing him. Where would I find more information about what truly happened? My grandfather was only 5yrs old when this happened.
  
  Where should I try to look or get this information?
  
  
  I do thank all those that try to help me find this information.
  
  
  
  °Β²Ή²β²Τ±πΜύ
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Not exactly what you're looking for but might help?
  
  BH
  
  

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  Posted by bishenbertie (U13222350) on Sunday, 9th October 2011

  I couldn't find the death of Walter Roberts in 19012, do you have the cert?
  
  I was hoping to find the area of London he died to see if I could find information in any local papers etc.

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  Posted by BoothHunter (U14812392) on Sunday, 9th October 2011

  I couldn't find the death of Walter Roberts in 19012, do you have the cert?
  
  I was hoping to find the area of London he died to see if I could find information in any local papers etc.Β  Sorry BB couldn't find a cert - wondering if you have the right name? I was hunting around and found the links but think you might want to search the British library archives for newspapers reports around the time you stated - 1902...or is it 1912?!
  
  I will have another look for you...
  BH

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  Posted by Mabel Bagshawe (U2222589) on Sunday, 9th October 2011

  Well here's Walter and family on 1901
  
  Name: Walter T Roberts
  Age: 3
  Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
  Relation: Son
  Father's Name: Walter I Roberts
  Mother's Name: Margaret L Roberts
  Gender: Male
  Where born: Raddington, London, England
  
  Civil parish: St Luke
  Ecclesiastical parish: St Clement City Road
  County/Island: London
  Country: England
  
  Registration district: Holborn
  Sub-registration district: City Road
  ED, institution, or vessel: 16
  Neighbors: View others on page
  Household schedule number: 78
  Piece: 258
  Folio: 91
  Page Number: 12
  Household Members:
  Name Age
  Walter I Roberts 40 - b Whittlesea Cambridgeshire. Carrier's checker
  Margaret L Roberts 33 - b Bow
  Ethel M E Roberts 5 - b Bethnal Green
  Walter T Roberts 3 - b Paddington
  Bertha G Roberts 2 - b St Georges in the East
  Albert E Roberts 1 - b Shoreditch
  
  
  I have found baptisms and marriages for some of the girls. For the marriages Walter is described as a warehouseman. he also is NOT noted as deceased, unlike the fathers of their spouses. There is a Walter acting as witness to one, but that could be father or son
  
  
  This looks very like his death
  
  Name: Walter I Roberts
  Birth Date: abt 1861
  Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1927
  Age at Death: 66
  Registration district: Shoreditch
  Inferred County: London
  Volume: 1c
  Page: 81
  
  I wonder if the death was of a grandfather or other relative and the story has got mixed up

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  Posted by Mabel Bagshawe (U2222589) on Sunday, 9th October 2011

  Walter appears to be living with his family in Shoreditch in 1911

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  Posted by dmatt47 (U13073434) on Sunday, 9th October 2011

  I too cannot find a death in 1902 and he is clearly alive in 1911. Do you have the death certificate?.

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  Posted by Wayne (U14998593) on Sunday, 9th October 2011

  I am sorry I do not have any certificates but working on trying to make sure of the right dates etc. I know that some information may be wrong but I've got no living relitives who can hand me down any information so I am on my own and slowly learning.
  Thanks to those that have given me other places to look and special thanks for those that asked me to email them for extra help.
  
  Wayne

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  Posted by raundsgirl (U2992430) on Sunday, 9th October 2011

  You will need to purchase certificates eventually to verify what you have found and gain further information, but don't worry, someone on here will tell you what to do to get them.
  DON'T order them through Any or other sites, they will charge you more than twice as much as you pay to get them from the GRO

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