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Please can anyone help me find out who the parents of Elizabeth Roye were. She was born in Ireland c1865 possibly in Downpatrick co. Down. She was married to James Marsh an Australian by birth and they ended up in Guernsey Channel Islands where I have found them on different census forms. They had a large family. I have searched in vain for her birth record but found nothing. Any help with her parents would be very much appreciated,
Cath

Sandra thank you.
Bit confused though, wonder which is right. guess I will have to dig around a bit more

Cath x

Maybe the first one didn't survive. I seem to have several ancestors who used the same name for more than one child but usually left a longer gap between using name again.
Cath x

If I can find Elizabeth Roye/Roy marriage to James Rodgers Marsh it would be a help as well. I know they didn't marry in Australia but may have been UK, Ireland or Guernsey.
Thomas Roy and Frances Robinson look good for the parents and suspect the second birth is my Elizabeth.

Cath

Thomas Roy married Frances Robinson 24th November 1863 Downpatrick Civil Registrars Office

Thomas father's a William
Elizabeth father;s a John

other children
James born 20th Dec 1869 Downpatrick
Mary born 6th Feb 1873 Downpatrick

Residents of a house 88 in Saul Street (Downpatrick Urban, Down)1901
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Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses
Roy Annie 19 Female Daughter Church of Ireland County Down - Read and write - Not Married -
Roy Ellen 29 Female Daughter Church of Ireland County Down Dressmaker Read and write - Not Married -
Roy Thomas 56 Male Head of Family Church of Ireland County Down Labourer General Read and write - Married -
Roy Earnest 7 Male Son Church of Ireland County Down Scholar Read - Not Married -
Roy Alex 25 Male Son Church of Ireland County Down General Labourer Read and write - Not Married -
Roy Fanny 50 Female Wife Church of Ireland

Residents of a house 23 in English Street (Downpatrick, Down)1911
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Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living
Roy Fanny 76 Female Head of Family Church of Ireland Co Down - Cannot read - Widow - - 7 7
Maxwell Amanda 9 Female Grand Daughter Church of Ireland

Ernest in the 1901 census is their grandson, he's Ellen son. She married a James Gray

Residents of a house 89 in Saul Street (Downpatrick, Down)1911
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Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living
Gray James 49 Male Head of Family Church of Ireland Co Down General Labourer Read and write - Married - - - -
Gray Ellen 44 Female Wife Church of Ireland Co Down - Read and write - Married - 4 1 1
Gray Thomas 2 Male Son Church of Ireland Co Down - Cannot read or write - Single - - - -
Gray Robert 19 Male Son Church of Ireland Co Down Butcher Read and write - Single - - - -
Gray John 17 Male Son Church of Ireland Co Down Shopman (Drapery) Read and write - Single - - - -
Gray Ernest 17 Male Son Church of Ireland Co Down General Labourer Read and write - Single - - - -
Robinson Alexander 68 Male Boarder Church of Ireland Co Down


Amanda is the daughter of Frederick W Maxwell & Frances Roy

Residents of a house 44 in Saul Street (Downpatrick Urban, Down)1901
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Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses
Maxwell Elezabeth Anna 3 Female Daughter Church of Ireland County Down - Cannot read - Not Married -
Maxwell Eleanor Edith 2 Female Daughter Church of Ireland County Down - Cannot read - Not Married -
Maxwell Frederick W 33 Male Head of Family Church King's County Col Sergt R I Rifles Read and write - Married -
Maxwell Frederick W 1 Male Son Church of Ireland County Down - Cannot read - Not Married -
Maxwell Fanny 23 Female Wife Church of Ireland C

Maura,
thank you very much for all this info. Im very grateful.
Elizabeth Roy/e was probably my great grandmother and I have been having problems determining this.

Cath x

Sorry Catherine, there's no marriage coming up in Ireland for Elizabeth.

Maura, many thanks for trying. I will look in Channel Islands and UK.

Cathxx

Finally tracked down a marriage for Elizabeth Roye and James Marsh.
No wonder I couldn't find it, they married at Holy Trinity church, St Peter Port, Guernsey on 7th June 1915. I had been looking for their marriage in the mid to late 1880's as their first son was born 1888. They then had 11 more children before marriage. Just goes to show how we should never assume anything about our ancestors.