Robberts Family Journal

Family Record of J F Robberts

The original entries in this record were made in a shaky (elderly) hand. The only death date in the original hand is Roxy Ann Deming Robberts in 1907. Later someone has added death dates for the rest in a different ink.

James F Robberts		born Dec 25th 1823		died March 30 1909
Roxy Ann Deming Robberts		born Aug 27th 1819		died Mar 3 1907
Elizabeth D Robberts		born Jan 14 1844		died Jan 21st 1932
Mary Elonor Robberts		born Nov 6 1845		died December 24th 1926
Sally Ann Robberts		born Dec 12 1849		died October 21 1911
Jacob C Robberts		born Oct 2 1850		died April 22 1924
John D Robberts		born Jul 22 1853		died January 23 1922

A Record of the Robberts Family by James Fletcher Robberts

This record covers three leaves in the Journal and portions of it may have been copied from a Family Bible or other source. It is in three parts – “When Bornd”, “Deceast List of Connection”, and The James Fletcher Robberts Family. After the first entries were made, possibly in 1849, a number of entries were added for later births, marriages and deaths.

When Bornd
Father - Cornelius Robberts was bornd Aprile the 15th 1797 died 22 Sept 1869
Mother - Mary Robberts was bornd June the 30th 1798 died Nov 28th 1864
Brother - Jessey Martin Robberts was bornd Sept the 9th 1819 died Nov 10 1819
Sister - Louisa Jane Robberts was borned May the 15th 1821
Sister - Emerine Robberts was borned May the 20th 1826 died June 1st 1858
Sister - Milanese Robberts was bornd November the 22 1828 died Nov 3 1889
Sister - Adaline Roberts was bornd February the 234d 1830 died May 1884
Sister - Almarinda Robberts was bornd Oct the 9th 1833 died Jan 4 1872
Sister - Manerva Robberts was born January the 3rd 1836
Sister - Lucy Robberts was born February the 12th 1838 died Aug 22 1865
Brother - Cornelius L Robberts was bornd December the 16th 1840

Corn Roberts was maried to Miss Mary Martin December the 13th 1818
Louisa Jane Robberts was maried to Mr Thomas T Burrow March 12 1835
Emerine Robberts was married to Dr . . Marrs May the 6th 1846
JF Robberts was maried to Roxy A Deming March 30 1843
Louisa J Robberts was maried to Thomas T Burrow March the 12th 1835
Emerine Robberts was maried to Dr G H Marrs on the 6th of Mary 1846
Milanese Robberts was maried to John Queen on the Oct 14th 1852
Adaline Robberts was maried to Wm L Deming on the 1st day of January 1852
Almarinda Robberts was maried to David Vandivar on the 27th of May 1852
Manerva Robberts was maried to Simon S Foster January the 27th 1853
Lucy L Robberts was maried to Horace Deming January 21 1855

Deceast List of Connection
Jessey Robberts died April 26th 1817, aged 55 years
Lucy Robberts died March the . . 1840 aged 68 years
William Martin died December the 6th 1830
Chinese Martin Stevens died December the 24th 1847
Elizabeth Deming died January the 22 1842, aged 17 years 2 months 24 days
Jessy Martin son of Cornelius Robberts died November the 19th 1819, aged 2 months 10 days
John Henry son of Benjamin G Deming died June the 18th 1850 aged 5 years
Heppy Deming, daughter Jacob and Elon Deming died September the 31st 1851 aged 7 years 3 months 17 days
Georg E Deming son of Wm L and Adaline Deming died May the 28th 1854 aged 9 months 18 days
G H Marrs brotherlaw died June the 15th 1854 buried in the new buring ground near Edinburgh, Indiana
Emerine Marrs, sister died June the 1st 1858 and was buried [Pleasant . . Jasper county . ]
Mary Robberts died Nov 30 1864 aged 66
Mrs Roxy Ann Robberts died Mar 3rd 1907 aged 87

James Fletcher Robberts was bornd December the 25th 1823
Roxy Ann [Deming] Robberts was borned August the 27th 1819 Died 1907
James F Robberts was married to Roxy Ann Deming his wife on the 30th day of March 1843
Joshua P Anderson was bornd September the 9th 1837 Died Nov 6th 1868
Elizabeth D Robberts was bornd January the 14th 1844
Mary Elon Robberts was bornd November the 6th 1845
Sarah Ann Robberts was borned December the 11th 1847
Jacob Cornelius Robberts was born Oct the 2nd AD 1850
John D Robberts was borned July the 22d 1853
James F Robberts was married to Mrs Roxy Ann Deming March the Thirtieth in year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three
By James F Robberts on the 4th of January 1849
Jas F Robberts joined the Sons of Temperance No 17 on the 13th of June in the year of our Lord 1849

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