1820 - 1893 (73 years)
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Name |
Roberts, John R. |
Born |
1820 |
Sturminister-Newton, Dorsetshire, England |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
23 Mar 1893 |
Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland |
Person ID |
I9514 |
Loder |
Last Modified |
23 Feb 2018 |
Family |
Decker, Amelia, b. Abt 1823, d. 27 Jul 1883, Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland (Age ~ 60 years) |
Married |
Est 1840 |
Rocky Harbour, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland |
Children |
| 1. Roberts, Samuel Charles, b. 1841, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. 1918, Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland (Age 77 years) |
| 2. Roberts, Eli, b. 1844, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. 1880, Crawley's Cove, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland (Age 36 years) |
| 3. Roberts, Mark, b. 1846, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. 1895, Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland (Age 49 years) |
| 4. Roberts, Luke, b. 1847, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. 1892, Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland (Age 45 years) |
| 5. Roberts, Esther, b. 1850, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. 11 Feb 1902, Rocky Harbour, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland (Age 52 years) |
| 6. Roberts, John E., b. 1852, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. 1912, Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland (Age 60 years) |
| 7. Roberts, Rosalia, b. Feb 1853, d. Yes, date unknown |
| 8. Roberts, Johanna, b. 1856, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. 1879, Crawley's Cove, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland (Age 23 years) |
| 9. Roberts, Silas, b. 1858, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. 1888, Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland (Age 30 years) |
| 10. Roberts, Julia, b. Abt 1860, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. Unknown Location |
| 11. Roberts, Albert, b. Abt 1862, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. Unknown Location |
| 12. Roberts, George, b. 23 Jun 1865, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. Abt 1940, Unknown Location (Age 74 years) |
| 13. Roberts, William James, b. 10 Jul 1868, Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland , d. 1909, Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland (Age 40 years) |
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Last Modified |
17 Feb 2018 |
Family ID |
F1563 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- John was born 1820 at Sturminister-Newton, Dorsetshire, England. John was the son of Unknown ROBERTS. John died March 23, 1893 at Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland, at age 72. Age 72 years.
«tab»His body was interred after March 23, 1893 at Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland. Tombstone Inscription: Mark R ROBERTS died July 19, 1898, age 83 years and 5 months, and his brother John died March 23, 1893 age 72 years. Natives of Stermister Newton, Dorestshire, England.
«tab»John, believed to be the youngest of the four brothers, settled at Rocky Harbour, Bonne Bay in the same year that he immigrated to Newfoundland. He later married Emma DECKER and sometime in thelate 1840's or early 1850's he moved his family to Woody Point, further in the Bay. John and his family were probably the first permanent settlers at Woody Poiny.
John, a fisherman, appears to be the first permanent settler at Woody Point, settling there in the late 1840's or early 1850's from Rocky Harbour after being there in 1835 from England.
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