Find Ancestors

Pm received:-

Thank you, Robert was her husband but I believe his two sons were also killed in WW1, THE FAMILY STORY WAS THAT SHE LOST 5 sons but i think 2 were stepsons. Regards Angela

If this is the death of her second husband Robert Nixon:-

UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 about Robert Nixon
Name: Robert Nixon
Birth Place: Downpatrick, Co. Down
Residence: Belfast
Death Date: 1 Jul 1916
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Hollywood, Co. Down
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles
Battalion: 1st Battalion
Regimental Number: 7294
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

.......................have you considered the possibility that she married a third time?

On the other hand he would have been too old to fight in WW1 so this may be another member of the family, or just a coincidence?

Name: Amelia Roberts
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: Oct - Dec 1902
Event Place: Downpatrick, Ireland
Registration Quarter and Year: Oct - Dec 1902
Registration District: Downpatrick
Volume Number: 1
Page Number: 747
GS Film number: 101260 , Digital Folder Number: 004199362 , Image Number: 00143

Name: Roberts
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1879
Birthplace: Ireland
Name Note: Entry is crossed out.
Father's Name: Thomas Roberts
Mother's Name: Amelia Hayes Roberts
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00594-4 , System Origin: Ireland-EASy , GS Film number: 256029 , Reference ID: v 3 p 216

For her address in 1918:-

UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919 about Albert Edward Roberts
Name: Albert Edward Roberts
Rank: Sto 1st
Birth Date: 4 Nov 1896
Birth Place: Dublin, Ireland
Branch of Service: Royal Navy
Cause of Death: Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action
Official Number Port Division: K.23656 (Ch)
Death Date: 9 Jan 1918
Ship or Unit: HMS Racoon
Location of Grave: Not recorded
Name and Address of Cemetery: Body Not Recovered For Burial
Relatives Notified and Address: Mother: Amelia Nixon, Church Street, Downpatrick, Co Down, Ireland

Name: Amelia Hayes
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: Oct - Dec 1902
Event Place: Downpatrick, Ireland
Registration Quarter and Year: Oct - Dec 1902
Registration District: Downpatrick
Volume Number: 1
Page Number: 747
GS Film number: 101260 , Digital Folder Number: 004199362 , Image Number: 00127

Hello Angela and welcome to the Community boards.

To find if anyone has your relatives in their tree, click on Search above, and then click on All Members Trees and put in the details. If you find a connection you have the opportunity to send them a message.

Also, it may help if you alter your heading to include Northern Ireland, as it may catch the eyes of our Irish researchers.

Hope this helps. Cx

On 1911census her date of birth is 1857
Name: Amelia Nixon
Gender: Female
Age: 54
Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation to Head: Wife
Residence Date: 2 Apr 1911
Townland/Street: Church Street
District: Downpatrick
County: Down
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Nixon 59
Amelia Nixon 54
Edward Roberts 13

I am searching for the death of my Great Grandmother in Northern Ireland around 1940 to 1960. A large time gap as I have photos of her up to around 1940 but family stories say she lived to 99 which would put her death around 1956/57 but despite scouring record books I cannot find it. I know she remarried in 1902 to a man called Nixon and moved from the Stillorgan area up to Downpatrick following the death of her 1st husband Thomas Roberts in 1901. She is seen in the Belfast Newsletter Paper laying the memorial stone in the war memorial in Downpatrick as she lost her sons in the 1st World war, at least three of them. Does anyone have her in their family tree or know anything else about her? Thanks Angela