Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameMary Jane ROBERTS 
Death14 Feb 1939, Idaho9050
BurialNormal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho9050
OccupationMother of 8 children; states she’s had 13 children
FatherJohn H. ROBERTS (1828-1861)
MotherMargaret LOCKARD (~1821-)
Spouses
Birth12 Jan 1851, Clay County, Kentucky9049
Death1 Mar 1953, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho9049
BurialNormal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho9049
FatherGeorge Washington ROBERTS (~1816-1893)
MotherMalinda JONES (~1822-<1880)
Marriage16 Apr 1870, Clay County, Kentucky9052
Census notes for Mary Jane ROBERTS
1860 Kentucky, Clay County, Manchester, p. 107 (taken 2 Jul 1860)
dwelling 676, family 676
John H. Roberts, age 32, male, farmer, real estate $1000, personal, $400, born Clay County
Margaret———-, age 39, female, born Clay County
William ————, age 10, male, born Clay County
Faris —————, age 8, male, born Clay County
Thomas ———-, age 6, male, born Clay County
Mary J.————, age 4, female, born Clay County
Felix —————, age 2, male, 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 676, family 676
John H. Roberts, age 32, male, farmer, real estate $1000, personal, $400, born Clay County
Margaret———-, age 39, female, born Clay County
William ————, age 10, male, born Clay County
Faris —————, age 8, male, born Clay County
Thomas ———-, age 6, male, born Clay County
Mary J.————, age 4, female, born Clay County
Felix —————, age 2, male, 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 Mary Jane ROBERTS
Mary Jane Roberts, Pioneer of West Is Called At 82
Mary Jane Roberts, 82, wife of Andrew M. Roberts, pioneer of the west, died yesterday at 4 at her home, 1441 Idaho street, of bronchial pneumonia which heart and kidney complication. The body is at the Vassar-Rawls mortuary awaiting funeral arrangements.
On April 16, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts would have celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Roberts was born May 18, 1856 in Clay county, Kentucky.
Native Kentuckians, though their ancestors were Virginians with revolutionary war records, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts and three children came west in 1879, stopping at Sacramento after an 11-day trip on an emigrant train. After a short stay in California, they came north by boat to Portland, then a city of 20,000.
They spent four years in the vicinity of Eugene and then again migrated to eastern Oregon, going through McKenzie Pass in a wagon train. Taking up a homestead in John Day country, they remained there 11 years before the wanderlust took them to Dayton, where Mr. Roberts opened a meat business. A Year later he opened a general merchandise store in Asotin. Two more years found them in Pierce City, where Roberts opened another general store in a new brick building he had constructed. In 1909 the business was sold and Mr. and Mrs. Roberts removed to Kamiah, where a hotel and bank were erected.
In 1911 Mr. Roberts sold the hotel and bank and they moved to Lewiston, where they have since made their home. Mr. Roberts Has not ____ actively in business since that time, but cares for his land in ____ and investments.
Four of the eight surviving children were at the bedside when death came: Mrs. Ed Turner, Mohler; ____McCarthy, Ontario, Ore.; Mrs. Breier, Jr. and Mrs. Wallace ____, Clarkston; Margaret D’Avis, San Jose, Calif., is expected to come Thursday and a son, George, ____ from Spokane. Other children are: Mrs. E.S. Friend, Dinuba, California, Dan Roberts, Everett.
Mary Jane Roberts, 82, wife of Andrew M. Roberts, pioneer of the west, died yesterday at 4 at her home, 1441 Idaho street, of bronchial pneumonia which heart and kidney complication. The body is at the Vassar-Rawls mortuary awaiting funeral arrangements.
On April 16, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts would have celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Roberts was born May 18, 1856 in Clay county, Kentucky.
Native Kentuckians, though their ancestors were Virginians with revolutionary war records, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts and three children came west in 1879, stopping at Sacramento after an 11-day trip on an emigrant train. After a short stay in California, they came north by boat to Portland, then a city of 20,000.
They spent four years in the vicinity of Eugene and then again migrated to eastern Oregon, going through McKenzie Pass in a wagon train. Taking up a homestead in John Day country, they remained there 11 years before the wanderlust took them to Dayton, where Mr. Roberts opened a meat business. A Year later he opened a general merchandise store in Asotin. Two more years found them in Pierce City, where Roberts opened another general store in a new brick building he had constructed. In 1909 the business was sold and Mr. and Mrs. Roberts removed to Kamiah, where a hotel and bank were erected.
In 1911 Mr. Roberts sold the hotel and bank and they moved to Lewiston, where they have since made their home. Mr. Roberts Has not ____ actively in business since that time, but cares for his land in ____ and investments.
Four of the eight surviving children were at the bedside when death came: Mrs. Ed Turner, Mohler; ____McCarthy, Ontario, Ore.; Mrs. Breier, Jr. and Mrs. Wallace ____, Clarkston; Margaret D’Avis, San Jose, Calif., is expected to come Thursday and a son, George, ____ from Spokane. Other children are: Mrs. E.S. Friend, Dinuba, California, Dan Roberts, Everett.