Roberts Roots & Branches

Want to read more about Hugh “Chappie” Roberts (26) service in the supply company in the 361 st Infantry, 91 Division?   Here is an interesting article I found while researching the April 2015 RR&B Newsletter: Rock Springs Miner, Friday 14 February 1919 MOVEMENTS IN DETAIL OF THE NINETY-FIRST                 A brief account f the 91 st division in France follows, so that those who have lost relatives or friends may, with the aid of a good map, trace their principal movements:                 The transport carrying the 91 st reach Southampton, England, on July 20, 1918.   Next day they started across the channel to France, reaching Cherbourg, almost opposite Southampton, early July 23.   The men marched to a British camp three miles from Cherbourg and there rested on week.     ...

Source:  Rock Springs Miner, 29 March 1918, page 8. Wyoming Newspaper Project online

No matter how unusual the name,  there may be two people with the same name,  about the same age,  in the same location.  They're called cousins and second-cousins.

 Source:   Rock Springs Miner, 13 January 1917, Wyoming Newspaper Project online

Source:  Rock Springs Miner, 1November 1918, page 1

Examine timelines for collateral relatives.

International Firefighters Day Thank you to those who serve us daily  and to those ancestors who were firefighters. [Isaac Roberts (32) and James H. Roberts (24)]

Source:  Rock Springs Miner, 1917 to 1919, Wyoming Newspaper Project online