William Roskilly
(-)
Ann Jenkin, widow
(-)
Robert Millett 'the Younger' of Marazion
(Abt 1757-1819)
Mary Hockin
(1760-1809)
Peter Roskilly of Liskeard
(1787-1863)
Mary Millett
(1786-1863)
William Roskilly of Liskeard
(1819-1878)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Grace Pearce, widow

William Roskilly of Liskeard

  • Born: 29 Sep 1819, Marazion, St. Hilary, Cornwall 1
  • Christened: 7 Nov 1819, Wesleyan-Methodist Circuit, Madron, Cornwall 1
  • Married: 1861, Penzance District, Cornwall 2
  • Died: 23 Jul 1878, Fore St., Liskeard, Cornwall 3

  Research Notes:

In 1851 William Roskilly, aged 30, born in Marazion Cornwall, unmarried, watch maker, was living in Fore Street, Fowey, Cornwall.

In 1861 William Roskilly, aged 41, born in Marazion, unmarried, watch maker, was living in Fore Street, Liskeard, Cornwall. With him was widow Grace Pearce (40) of St. Just, houskeeper (whom William married shortly afterwards).

In 1871 William Roskilly, aged 51, born in Marazion, watchmaker, and wife Grace Roskilly, aged 55, born in St. Just Cornwall, were living in Church St., Liskeard.

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ROSKILLY.—At Fore-street, Liskeard, July 23, Mr. William Roskilly, son of the late Mr. Peter Roskilly, of that town. Mr. Roskilly was the author of a volume of odes and other poems of 191 pages, published in 1846, and also of several other poetical pieces.

Royal Cornwall Gazette, Friday Morning, 2 Aug 1878, p. 5

  Marriage Information:

William married widow Grace Pearce in 1861 in the Penzance District, Cornwall. (Grace was born about 1816 in St. Just, Cornwall.)

Sources


1 Cornwall OPC.

2 England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, Penzance district, 3rd quarter, vol. 5c, p. 543.

3 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Liskeard district, 3rd quarter, vol. 5c, p. 40.


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