Brief Life History of Robert George
When Robert George Roberts was born on 23 October 1834, in Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland, his father, John Roberts Sr, was 29 and his mother, Eliza Heath, was 24. He married Mary Elizabeth Smith on 6 April 1860. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Wallace, North Perth, Perth, Ontario, Canada in 1881. He died on 12 June 1910, in Listowel, Perth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Listowel, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
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- ... Robert Roberts, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Robert G Roberts, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Robert George Roberts, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
1845
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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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