Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameAndrew Mack ROBERTS 
Birth12 Jan 1851, Clay County, Kentucky9049
Death1 Mar 1953, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho9049
BurialNormal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho9049
OccupationFarmer; mercantile; banking; hotel
FatherGeorge Washington ROBERTS (~1816-1893)
MotherMalinda JONES (~1822-<1880)
Spouses
Death14 Feb 1939, Idaho9050
BurialNormal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho9050
FatherJohn H. ROBERTS (1828-1861)
MotherMargaret LOCKARD (~1821-)
Marriage16 Apr 1870, Clay County, Kentucky9052
Census notes for Andrew Mack ROBERTS
1850 Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky District p. ? (taken 24 Aug 1850)
dwelling, family 387
Washington Robats [sic], age 34, male, farmer, $300, born Kentucky
Malinda———————, female, age 28, born Kentucky
Felix [?] ——————-, age 5, male, born Kentucky
Nancy ———————, age 4, female, born Kentucky
Mack ———————-, age 2, male, born Kentucky
1860 Kentucky, Clay County, Manchester, p. 68 (taken 16 Jun 1860)
dwelling 433, family 433
Washington Roberts, age 44, male, farmer, real estate $800, personal $300, born Clay County
Malinda —————-, age 38, female, born Clay County
Felix ———————, age 14, male, born Clay County
Nancy ——————-, age 12, female, born Clay County
Mack ———————, age 10, male, born Clay County
John ———————, age 8 male, born Clay County
Catherine —————, age 7, female, born Clay County
Emily ———————, age 4, female, born Clay County
Mary ———————, age 2, female, born Clay County
1870 Kentucky, Clay County, District 32, Precinct 4, p. 7, stamped page 198 (taken 20 Aug 1870)
dwelling 42, family 42
Roberts, Andrew, age 21, male, white, farmer, real estate $150, personal $35, born Kentucky, married in January
———-, Mary J., age 16, female, white, housekeeper, born Kentucky
1880 Oregon, Lane County, South Eugene Precinct, E.D. 65, page 16D, (taken 22/23 Jun 1880)
dwelling 154, family 154
Roberts, A.M., white, male, age 30, head, married, farmer, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
———-, Mary J., white, female, age 21, wife, married, keeping house, cannot read or write, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
———-, Emily, white, female, age 6, daughter, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
———-, Orlena, white, female, age 4, daughter, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
———-, Mary [initial?], white, female, age 2, daughter, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
dwelling, family 387
Washington Robats [sic], age 34, male, farmer, $300, born Kentucky
Malinda———————, female, age 28, born Kentucky
Felix [?] ——————-, age 5, male, born Kentucky
Nancy ———————, age 4, female, born Kentucky
Mack ———————-, age 2, male, born Kentucky
1860 Kentucky, Clay County, Manchester, p. 68 (taken 16 Jun 1860)
dwelling 433, family 433
Washington Roberts, age 44, male, farmer, real estate $800, personal $300, born Clay County
Malinda —————-, age 38, female, born Clay County
Felix ———————, age 14, male, born Clay County
Nancy ——————-, age 12, female, born Clay County
Mack ———————, age 10, male, born Clay County
John ———————, age 8 male, born Clay County
Catherine —————, age 7, female, born Clay County
Emily ———————, age 4, female, born Clay County
Mary ———————, age 2, female, born Clay County
1870 Kentucky, Clay County, District 32, Precinct 4, p. 7, stamped page 198 (taken 20 Aug 1870)
dwelling 42, family 42
Roberts, Andrew, age 21, male, white, farmer, real estate $150, personal $35, born Kentucky, married in January
———-, Mary J., age 16, female, white, housekeeper, born Kentucky
1880 Oregon, Lane County, South Eugene Precinct, E.D. 65, page 16D, (taken 22/23 Jun 1880)
dwelling 154, family 154
Roberts, A.M., white, male, age 30, head, married, farmer, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
———-, Mary J., white, female, age 21, wife, married, keeping house, cannot read or write, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
———-, Emily, white, female, age 6, daughter, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
———-, Orlena, white, female, age 4, daughter, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
———-, Mary [initial?], white, female, age 2, daughter, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
Obituary notes for Andrew Mack ROBERTS
Lewiston (ID) Morning Tribune, Mon. March 2, 1953
Andrew Roberts, Oldest Citizen of Area, Dead
Andrew M. Roberts, 102, probably the oldest resident of North Central Idaho, and a pioneer merchant of this area, died at 9 last night at his home, 1441 Idaho St., after suffering a heart attack. Death came peacefully to the venerable resident of Southeastern Washington and North Central Idaho. He made his home with a daughter, Mrs. Vada McCarthy.
It was on Jan. 12, 1851, that Mr. Roberts was born in Big Creek Precinct, Clay County, Ky., the son of Washington and Melinda Roberts. His wife, the late Mary Jane Roberts, was born in the same area on May 28, 1856. She died in 1939.
They were married April 16, 1870, in Kentucky, when Mr. Roberts was 19 and his wife 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts first migrated west to Kansas in 1872, with the idea of taking up a homestead. But because of their limited means they returned to Kentucky the next year.
They stayed there until 1879, when as Mr. Roberts said in a brief autobiography written in 1932, “we became discontented with our lot.”
They headed west again, this time entraining at Livingston, Ky., for Omaha, Neb., with their three children. Also in the party were Mr. Roberts’ brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Roberts and their two children.
Goal of the group was Oregon. They went first to Sacramento, Calif. After inspecting California, they found “Chinese labor to compete with the high living, so we turned our backs on the state of California.”
Moved to Oregon
They went to Eugene Ore., where they lived four years. Mr. Roberts found employment curing cord wood, and Mrs. Roberts worked for the neighbors as a washerwoman.
While at Eugene, two more children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Roberts. One daughter “died of quick pneumonia,” according to the autobiography. Mrs. Roberts became ill after the birth of their second daughter at Eugene. To pay the doctor bill after her recovery, Mr. Roberts cut “2,000 poles for Dr. Patterson.”
In 1883, they left Eugene, investing all their savings in a wagon and a team of horses. They crossed the Cascade Mountains to Mitchell, Ore.
“Our oldest children footed it part of the way over,” Mr. Roberts recalled in his record.
They took up a homestead near Mitchell and lived there 11 years, raising horses and cattle. In 1894, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts moved to Dayton, Wash., where he purchased a meat market and also engaged in hide buying.
Had Store at Asotin
The next year they moved to Asotin, where Mr. Roberts operated one of the first general merchandise stores in that community. They stayed at Asotin two years and moved to Pierce where Mr. Roberts was also engaged in the general merchandise business. He also operated a branch store at Fraser, near Orofino.
They were 11 years at Pierce. In 1903, Mr. Roberts built the first brick building ever erected in the mining and logging community. In 1909, he acquired property at Kamlah and built the first brick building in that town, the Kamlah Hotel. He also erected and established a bank at Kamlah.
After two years in the banking business, Mr. Roberts sold out both the bank and the hotel and invested in land. They moved to Lewiston. He had raided here since, with the exception of trips during recent years to look after his business interests.
Mr. Roberts wrote in 1932: “Since our union of 62 years ago when we floated the flag of citizenship with the society of home builders our devotion to our selves and to our children has never faltered in the least and our flag is still floating to the breeze of patriotic motherhood and fatherhood. It seems that we had a mission to fill and whether we did or not we have been busy all our lives and never been able, neither did we desire, to reach the end of work. We never had any time for night parties, ball rooms, church or political meetings. We always lay down to rest at 8 or 9 o’clock and up in the morning for the day. We do not belong to any fraternity, but that of the whole world, looking backwards at the past and peering into the future dark. We submit ourselves to nature’s destiny without any regrets and trust to Him that we know not in universal authority for our unseen destiny where our ancestorial millions have shown the way.”
Credited Temperance
Mr. Roberts used to express the belief that his long life was due to temperance in act and thought. He never used tobacco, alcohol or coffee. And he never permitted himself to be upset by trifles.
He was 15 or 16 before he knew the date of his birthday, and he settled on Jan. 12 by his own calculations.
“I heard my young friends telling about when their birthdays would be,” he recalled on his 100th birthday two years ago. “My parents hadn’t kept track of mine, so I asked an aunt. She told me a cousin of mine was born Jan. 13 and that I was born the day before. So from then on, I figured I was born Jan. 12.”
On his 100th birthday, Mr. Roberts was feted by many friends and relatives.
Among the most appreciated visitors on this occasion was his nephew Millard (Dad) Roberts, Harpster, recognized as the regions’s pre-eminent “old-time fiddler.”
“Although he was a member of no church, Mr. Roberts was a firm believer in Divine Providence and the immortality of the soul,” friends recall yesterday. “Very congenial, he loved to have old friends drop in to see him and stay for dinner.”
Until his death, Mr. Roberts did not dwell solely in the past. He maintained a keen interest in current affairs by reading newspapers. He never owned a radio, an automobile, an electric range or a telephone.
Besides his daughter, Vada, Mr. Roberts is survived by two sons, George, Lewiston, and Dan, Nampa; two other daughters, Mrs. C.J. Breier, Jr., Lewiston, and Mrs. Margaret D’Avis, San Jose, Calif.; ten grandchildren, including Mrs. Tom Parry, Clarkston and John Breier, Lewiston; and seven great-grandchildren.
The body is at the Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home. Arrangements are pending.
Andrew Roberts, Oldest Citizen of Area, Dead
Andrew M. Roberts, 102, probably the oldest resident of North Central Idaho, and a pioneer merchant of this area, died at 9 last night at his home, 1441 Idaho St., after suffering a heart attack. Death came peacefully to the venerable resident of Southeastern Washington and North Central Idaho. He made his home with a daughter, Mrs. Vada McCarthy.
It was on Jan. 12, 1851, that Mr. Roberts was born in Big Creek Precinct, Clay County, Ky., the son of Washington and Melinda Roberts. His wife, the late Mary Jane Roberts, was born in the same area on May 28, 1856. She died in 1939.
They were married April 16, 1870, in Kentucky, when Mr. Roberts was 19 and his wife 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts first migrated west to Kansas in 1872, with the idea of taking up a homestead. But because of their limited means they returned to Kentucky the next year.
They stayed there until 1879, when as Mr. Roberts said in a brief autobiography written in 1932, “we became discontented with our lot.”
They headed west again, this time entraining at Livingston, Ky., for Omaha, Neb., with their three children. Also in the party were Mr. Roberts’ brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Roberts and their two children.
Goal of the group was Oregon. They went first to Sacramento, Calif. After inspecting California, they found “Chinese labor to compete with the high living, so we turned our backs on the state of California.”
Moved to Oregon
They went to Eugene Ore., where they lived four years. Mr. Roberts found employment curing cord wood, and Mrs. Roberts worked for the neighbors as a washerwoman.
While at Eugene, two more children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Roberts. One daughter “died of quick pneumonia,” according to the autobiography. Mrs. Roberts became ill after the birth of their second daughter at Eugene. To pay the doctor bill after her recovery, Mr. Roberts cut “2,000 poles for Dr. Patterson.”
In 1883, they left Eugene, investing all their savings in a wagon and a team of horses. They crossed the Cascade Mountains to Mitchell, Ore.
“Our oldest children footed it part of the way over,” Mr. Roberts recalled in his record.
They took up a homestead near Mitchell and lived there 11 years, raising horses and cattle. In 1894, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts moved to Dayton, Wash., where he purchased a meat market and also engaged in hide buying.
Had Store at Asotin
The next year they moved to Asotin, where Mr. Roberts operated one of the first general merchandise stores in that community. They stayed at Asotin two years and moved to Pierce where Mr. Roberts was also engaged in the general merchandise business. He also operated a branch store at Fraser, near Orofino.
They were 11 years at Pierce. In 1903, Mr. Roberts built the first brick building ever erected in the mining and logging community. In 1909, he acquired property at Kamlah and built the first brick building in that town, the Kamlah Hotel. He also erected and established a bank at Kamlah.
After two years in the banking business, Mr. Roberts sold out both the bank and the hotel and invested in land. They moved to Lewiston. He had raided here since, with the exception of trips during recent years to look after his business interests.
Mr. Roberts wrote in 1932: “Since our union of 62 years ago when we floated the flag of citizenship with the society of home builders our devotion to our selves and to our children has never faltered in the least and our flag is still floating to the breeze of patriotic motherhood and fatherhood. It seems that we had a mission to fill and whether we did or not we have been busy all our lives and never been able, neither did we desire, to reach the end of work. We never had any time for night parties, ball rooms, church or political meetings. We always lay down to rest at 8 or 9 o’clock and up in the morning for the day. We do not belong to any fraternity, but that of the whole world, looking backwards at the past and peering into the future dark. We submit ourselves to nature’s destiny without any regrets and trust to Him that we know not in universal authority for our unseen destiny where our ancestorial millions have shown the way.”
Credited Temperance
Mr. Roberts used to express the belief that his long life was due to temperance in act and thought. He never used tobacco, alcohol or coffee. And he never permitted himself to be upset by trifles.
He was 15 or 16 before he knew the date of his birthday, and he settled on Jan. 12 by his own calculations.
“I heard my young friends telling about when their birthdays would be,” he recalled on his 100th birthday two years ago. “My parents hadn’t kept track of mine, so I asked an aunt. She told me a cousin of mine was born Jan. 13 and that I was born the day before. So from then on, I figured I was born Jan. 12.”
On his 100th birthday, Mr. Roberts was feted by many friends and relatives.
Among the most appreciated visitors on this occasion was his nephew Millard (Dad) Roberts, Harpster, recognized as the regions’s pre-eminent “old-time fiddler.”
“Although he was a member of no church, Mr. Roberts was a firm believer in Divine Providence and the immortality of the soul,” friends recall yesterday. “Very congenial, he loved to have old friends drop in to see him and stay for dinner.”
Until his death, Mr. Roberts did not dwell solely in the past. He maintained a keen interest in current affairs by reading newspapers. He never owned a radio, an automobile, an electric range or a telephone.
Besides his daughter, Vada, Mr. Roberts is survived by two sons, George, Lewiston, and Dan, Nampa; two other daughters, Mrs. C.J. Breier, Jr., Lewiston, and Mrs. Margaret D’Avis, San Jose, Calif.; ten grandchildren, including Mrs. Tom Parry, Clarkston and John Breier, Lewiston; and seven great-grandchildren.
The body is at the Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home. Arrangements are pending.