Joseph Michael Roberts

Brief Life History of Joseph Michael

When Joseph Michael Roberts was born on 8 December 1879, in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States, his father, Isaac Newton Roberts, was 24 and his mother, Nancy Ann Gartman, was 21. He had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Alice Canzada Nolen. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Newton, Texas, United States in 1930 and Bon Wier, Newton, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 9 January 1944, in Newton, Newton, Texas, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Newton, Newton, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Michael Roberts
1879–1944
Alice Canzada Nolen
1884–1958
Irene Roberts
1902–1983
Ervin Arthur Roberts
1903–1980
Paris Chilery Roberts
1908–1985
Iona Roberts
1910–1999
Benjamin Claude Roberts
1912–1997
Issac Joseph Roberts
1919–1972
Grover Roberts
1920–1927

Sources (15)

  • Joseph M Roberds in household of Isac Roberds, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Joseph Michael Roberts, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Joseph M Roberts, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976" (1944)

World Events (8)

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

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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