Brief Life History of William J.
When William J. Roberts was born about 1833, in Tennessee, United States, his father, James Roberts, was 50 and his mother, Nancy Wakefield, was 46. He lived in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States in 1850.
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- William J Roberts in household of James S Roberts, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: William J. Roberts - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: William J. Roberts
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World Events (8)
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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