Brief Life History of John Thomas
When John Thomas Roberts was born on 3 April 1878, in Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Roberts, was 33 and his mother, Sarah, was 26. He married Martha Matilda Jeffs on 14 October 1896, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 5 Falls City, Jerome, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 7 May 1958, in Jerome, Jerome, Idaho, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- John T Roberts, "United States 1950 Census"
- John Thomas Roberts, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- John T Roberts, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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