Let Me Introduce You; Sarah Ann Roberts(11)

 

Sarah Ann Roberts(11) was born 18 November 1865 in Staffordshire, England to Hugh(1) and Margaret(2) Roberts.  Her christening took place on 25 May 1870 in Northwood, Stoke upon Trent.  By the time Sarah was 16 years old, she was working as a transferer in the potteries.  Four years later, she immigrated with her family to the United States arriving 28 June 1886.  Sarah’s older sister, Letitia(9) passed away while immigrating four months earlier.  Sarah, her parents, 2 younger sisters, younger brother, and niece, Letitia’s daughter Maggie, all immigrated together.  Joseph Jones(19), Letitia’s widower, requested that Sarah immigrate and help raise his daughter Maggie. 

Less than two months after arriving in the United States, Joseph and Sarah applied for a marriage license in Moosic, Pennsylvania.  Joseph was a Welsh coalminer from England.  The couple had two children in Pennsylvania, and then followed the rest of the Roberts family to Almy, Wyoming.  While living in Almy, the couple had a son and two years later had another son in Rock Springs, Wyoming.  The Jones family lived in Rock Springs for a couple of years before moving to Iowa for Sarah Ann’s health and coalmining work for Joseph.    In Iowa, the couple had three more children.  Together Sarah and Joseph had seven children and Sarah raised her niece, Joseph’s daughter Maggie.

The Jones family remained in Iowa but returned often to visit with their family who remained in Rock Springs, Wyoming.  Joseph Jones filed his intention papers with Isaac Roberts in Evanston, Wyoming while they were working in the Almy coalmines.  Joseph received his citizenship papers in Iowa.  Joseph was a victim of the Spanish Flu and died in his home in April 1919.

Sarah Ann continued to live in their large family home a couple of miles from the center of Des Moines.  She rented out rooms and eventually her family moved in to help take care of her.  Sarah Ann died 30 years  after her husband in March 1950  at the age of 84 years old.  

Sarah Ann and Joseph’s children are:  John(241), Emlyn Hugh(242), Sidney(243), Joseph(244), Bertie(3875), Mae(245), and Glyn(246).  

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