James Roach and Mary Barrons (50%)

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Parents   : 

James Roach (m Mary Barrons 1813 St Erth)      
    Robert Roach (b abt 1820 Lelant, m Mary Reid 1844, d Penzance Cornwall 1903)
        Richard Reid Roach (b 1855 Towednack, m  Hannah Vine 1890 Flemington Vic, d 1934 Cheltenham Vic)
            Leila Muriel Roach (b 1893 Rosebery Sydney, m Ernest Harold Mitchell 1914 Kew, d 1972 Wodonga) .
    Mary Roach (b 1817 Lelant)      (James = labourer, residence = Uny Lelant)
    Henry Roach (b 1824 Lelant)      (James = mason, residence = Uny Lelant)

1841 Census

Parish Ludgvan, hundred Penwith, Registration district Penzance,  sub registration Uny Lelant
James  Roach      45      Mason
Mary  Roach      45
Henry  Roach      15
Isaac  Roach      14
John  Roach      6

1851 Census


Parish Ludgvan,   Road Baldue
James  Roach      60      Mason   b Towednack
Mary  Roach      59     b St Erth
John  Roach      16   (son) Mason      b  Ludgvan,
Elijah Jenkin (Grandson)   11 (Mary Jenkin widow 35 and family live next door - age is right for her to be James and Mary's daughter

1861 Census

Parish Ludgvan,   Road Baldue
James  Roach      67   Mason   b Towednack, grandfather, widower
Emanuel Jenkin    23 Tin miner ,b  Ludgvan
Elizabeth Jenkin   21   Dressmaker ,b  Ludgvan
Emanuel Jenkin     1 son , ,b  Ludgvan



    James and Mary Roach 
            The Wachtel-Smith tree on Ancestry has more Wife is Mary Barrons, married St Erth 1813, later children Isaac (1827 Lelant) John (c1835 Ludgvan) and Elizabeth (c1843 Ludgvan)
                 No Robert but James' father is Robert. St Erth is about one and a half miles south of Lelant
    Thomas Roach  (m Mary Mitchell 1819)
         Jacob Roach (b 10 Nov 1834  Lelant)      (Thomas = miner, residence = Fogue)
         Isaac Roach (b 10 Nov 1834  Lelant)      (Thomas = miner, residence = Fogue)
    Elizabeth Roach
         Jane Uren Roach (12 Jul 1834  Lelant)   (illegitimate, mother = servant, , Residence Carn)
    Mary Roach
         Lavinia Roach (20 Sep 1836  Lelant)   (illegitimate, Residence Carn)
    Thomas Roach (m Mary Thomas 10 Aug 1817, d 1852)
         Paul Roach (b 4 Sep 1828 Lelant, d 1865)
         Frances Roach (b 14 July 1833 Lelant, d 1921)
Looking at all the candidates, possibly the best choice is James and Mary
       (1) Children best fit for Robert (b abt 1820)
       (2) Our Robert's children include (Willian) Henry, Mary and James
       (3) James is a mason, tying in with Robert's profession of stonemason
Put it 50% chance

Lelant , St Ives, Nancledra and Towednack are all within two mor three miles of one another
Research Notes
Documents
1841 Census James Roach
1851 Census James Roach
1861 Census James Roach
FHO gives the following baptism :Parish Towednack, Robert ROACH, Date 21 Mar 1819 Father Thomas ROACH Mother Mary.
 This Robert married Mary Roscrow 1849   Burra, South Australia. I have had contact with Glenys Savage, who is descended  from this Robert, and he is clearly different. Census information in 1841 confirms this. Richard Reid Roach's death certificate  states he spent 3 years in SA, so there may be some family connection  
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