Roberts Roots & Branches

  Happy birthday to Joseph Jones(19). Joseph married two of the Roberts sisters, first Letitia(9) and after she died he married Sarah Ann(11). Joseph died of the flu during the Spanish Flu pandemic. He was a coalminer and one of the first Roberts family members to immigrate to the United States. Joseph was born 20 February 1862, 159 years ago today.

Happy anniversary ancestors!  John Richard Roberts(8) & Selina Parker(162) were married 19 February 1883 in Hope, Staffordshire, England.    Together, they had 10 children, immigrated to the United States, help settle Frontier, Wyoming first living in a tent.  Selina died 17 years before John and they are both buried in the Kemmerer City Cemetery. 

 Andrew Hamilton(45) born 17 February 1867 in Kilmarnock, Scotland and married Jane Roberts(15) in Rock Springs, Wyoming.  Andrew was a representative for Sweetwater County serving two terms.  Andrew lived in many Wyoming towns including Carbon County, Rock Springs, Almy, Frontier, and Cumberland all working for the coalmines.  Andrew died in 1933 and is buried in the Rock Springs Cemetery.

  Isaac Roberts mustache mug.  The story fits perfectly in with the Roberts immigration stories. Oh my, I cannot keep up! Last month I logged in 225 hours, that equals to 8 hours a day...seven days a weeks, every single day! Of course It wasn't that nice and neat! No, there were 10 and 12 hour days where I did nothing but write.  Somedays I started at 5 am and sat at the computer until 8 pm.  There were some really, really long and productive days. Good news is this, I am currently at 293 pages on book 3. I had originally planned to release all three books at one time, however, I quickly realized book 3 is too comprehensive to finish in January.  So, now I am just waiting on editing and corrections on book 1 and 2, make the corrections, and then they will be ready for sale. Late Saturday after a 12 hour day of writing and finishing the big immigration story of the Roberts family, which ended up being 16 pages,  I thought to myself I needed to celebrate when...