The record of my grandfather's birth shows that his parents were Thomas and Janet Roberton but I have been unable to obtain any further information at this time.
The IGI shows a Thomas Roberton/Janet Taylor were married 6 December 1825 at the parish of Eastwood.
They were both stated to be deceased on the certificate of their son's second marriage on 5 June 1874 but on the certificate for his first marriage only Janet Roberton is stated to be deceased. This means that Thomas Roberton my great grandfather died between 19th July 1870 and 5th June 1874.
In a 1851 census for the Parish of Eastwood, the head of the house is shown as Thomas Roberton, a widower aged 45, with two sons and 2 daughters. The youngest son is a Thomas aged 10 and this age makes it possible that the son was my grandfather who was born in 1841. If this is true it would mean that the head of the house was my great grandfather and that my great grandmother, Janet Taylor, was dead at that time.
The names of the children (Margaret, Euphemia, Charles, Thomas) seemed to connect with the future members of my family.
The IGI at Huddersfield included the following entries for the parish of Eastwood:
| 30 May | 1799 | Roberton Thomas | Euphemia Hall | HM |
| 13 October | 1799 | Roberton James | Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall | MB |
| 15 March | 1801 | Roberton John | Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall | MB |
| 26 September | 1802 | Roberton Archibold | Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall | MB |
| 1 December | 1804 | Roberton Thomas | Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall | MB |
The date of birth of the youngest son relates closely with the 45 quoted as the age of the house in the 1851 census. In which case the Thomas Roberton and Euphemia Hall married on 30th May 1799 would have been my great great grandparents.
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