William Dewitte Roberts

Brief Life History of William Dewitte

When William Dewitte Roberts was born on 4 September 1835, in Winchester, Scott, Illinois, United States, his father, Dr. Daniel Roberts, was 36 and his mother, Eliza Aldula Clark, was 29. He married Julia Maria Lusk on 6 February 1862, in Lancaster, Schuyler, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1862 and lived in Utah, United States for about 19 years and Utah, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 8 March 1912, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Dewitte Roberts
1835–1912
Julia Maria Lusk
1839–1936
Marriage: 6 February 1862
Zelena Maria Roberts
1862–1865
Lillian Adula Roberts
1864–1939
William Daniel Roberts
1867–1947
Don Carlos Roberts
1868–1869
DerMont Homer Roberts Sr.
1869–1927
Josie May Roberts
1872–1879
Orpha Zulema Roberts
1873–1961
Roy Clarence Roberts
1876–1877
Ralph Edison Roberts
1878–1885
Eugene Lusk Roberts
1880–1953
Teresa Louise Roberts
1882–1886

Sources (67)

  • William Roberts in household of Daniel Roberts, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Levi Haynes William Roberts, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

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.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

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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Born in Winchester, Illinois, on September 4, 1835, William D. Roberts was approximately ten when his family relocated from Illinois to Garden Grove, Iowa. After a subsequent move to Lancaster, Missou …

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