Frances Katharine Roberson

Brief Life History of Frances Katharine

When Frances Katharine Roberson was born on 3 January 1878, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Samuel W Roberson, was 28 and her mother, Frances Catherine Porter, was 27. She married Johny Mason Royse on 13 April 1894, in Rowan, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 3 Hogtown, Rowan, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died on 21 February 1929, in Rowan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Caudill Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Johny Mason Royse
1873–1930
Frances Katharine Roberson
1878–1929
Marriage: 13 April 1894
Arly Cliff Royse
1895–1983
Martha Frances Royse
1897–1911
Allie Emerson Royse
1900–1986
Allie Royse
1900–
Julia Alice Royse
1902–1996
Golda Ethel Royse
1905–1998
Nola Royse
1907–1943
Dorsey William Royse
1910–1995
Adina Mae Royse
1913–1982
Curtis Ray Royse
1918–1945

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  • Flara Royse in household of John Royse, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Fannie Roberson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Fanny Royse in entry for Dorsie Royse and Drothy Trent, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

Name Meaning

English: variant of Robertson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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