Emily James Roberts

Brief Life History of Emily James

When Emily James Roberts was born on 9 February 1825, in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States, her father, Artemus Dunbar Roberts, was 43 and her mother, Frances Angeline Bell, was 37. She married William Craig on 24 April 1852, in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Ward Six, East Feliciana, Louisiana, United States in 1870 and East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in 1880. She died on 8 August 1892, in Pride, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Pride, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Craig
1822–1892
Emily James Roberts
1825–1892
Marriage: 24 April 1852
Mary Alice Craig
1853–1854
William Albert Craig
1856–1929
John Bell Craig
1858–1938
Edward James Craig
1861–1922
Mary E Craig
1861–
George Artemus Craig
1862–1911

Sources (9)

  • Emily Craig in household of William Craig, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Emily I Roberts, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1787-1958"
  • Emily Craig in household of Wm Craig, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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