James Samuel Roberts

1856 -

Life History

1856	Born in Feock, Cornwall.
15th May 1880	Married Ada Anniss in Marylebone.

Notes

In the 1861 census at Richmond Hill, Kenwyn, Truro.

Roberts, George	Head	M	36	Shopman	Kea, Cornwall
Roberts, Elizth	Wife	M	33	Dressmaker	Feock, Cornwall
Roberts, James S	Son		5	Scholar	Kea, Cornwall

In the 1871 census at Bosvigo Lane, Kenwyn, Truro.

Roberts, George	Head	M	49	Grocer's Porter	Cornwall Kea
Roberts, Elizabeth	Wife	M	44	Dressmaker	Cornwall Feock
Roberts, James	Son	U	15	Grocer's Clerk	Cornwall Kea [near Feock]
Woolcock, Eliza J	Niece	U	28	Dressmaker	Cornwall Kea
Kessell, Robert	Boarder	U	24	Wholesale Grocer	Cornwall Penzance
Guy, Richard	Boarder		19	Ironmonger's Porter	Cornwall Penzance

In the 1881 census at 43, Thorngate Road, Paddington.

Roberts, James S	Head	Mar.	25	Drapers Clerk	Feock, Cornwall
Roberts, Ada	Wife	Mar.	23		Stonehouse, Devon

Is this the same J S Roberts?

"After the fierce debate on the names of God in 1877-1878 between Chinese Christians and the missionary J. S. Roberts, Allen held a competition to ask for Chinese Christian’s comment on the differences between the concept Tian and Shangdi." [Source no longer available.]

Also found:

Reference to "J. S. Roberts, 'Principles of translation into Chinese' in Records of the General Conference of the Protestant missionaries in China (1878)"

but the following might suggest that these references are not to 'our' J S Roberts:

"Rev. J. S. ROBERTS was appointed a missionary to China, by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, and arrived at Hongkong with Mrs. Roberts on February 1st, 1862. After a few weeks lie left for Shanghae, where lie arrived on May 1st, and remained till February, 1865. He then went south for the benefit of his health, but after a few months stay at Hongkong and Canton, the change proving insuffi- cient, he left for America during the summer, and has not since returned to China."