Roberts, John R.

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John was born 1820 at Sturminister-Newton, Dorsetshire, England. John was the son of Unknown ROBERTS. John died March 23, 1893 at Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland, at age 72. Age 72 years.

«tab»His body was interred after March 23, 1893 at Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland. Tombstone Inscription: Mark R ROBERTS died July 19, 1898, age 83 years and 5 months, and his brother John died March 23, 1893 age 72 years. Natives of Stermister Newton, Dorestshire, England.
«tab»John, believed to be the youngest of the four brothers, settled at Rocky Harbour, Bonne Bay in the same year that he immigrated to Newfoundland. He later married Emma DECKER and sometime in thelate 1840's or early 1850's he moved his family to Woody Point, further in the Bay. John and his family were probably the first permanent settlers at Woody Poiny.

John, a fisherman, appears to be the first permanent settler at Woody Point, settling there in the late 1840's or early 1850's from Rocky Harbour after being there in 1835 from England.

John married Decker, Amelia est 1840 in Rocky Harbour, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland. Amelia (daughter of Decker, James and Payne, Elizabeth) was born about 1823; died on 27 Jul 1883 in Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Roberts, Samuel Charles was born in 1841 in Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died in 1918 in Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.
2. Roberts, Eli was born in 1844 in Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died in 1880 in Crawley's Cove, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.
3. Roberts, Mark was born in 1846 in Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died in 1895 in Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.
4. Roberts, Luke was born in 1847 in Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died in 1892 in Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.
5. Roberts, Esther was born in 1850 in Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died on 11 Feb 1902 in Rocky Harbour, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.
6. Roberts, John E. was born in 1852 in Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died in 1912 in Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.
7. Roberts, Rosalia was born in Feb 1853; and died.
8. Roberts, Johanna was born in 1856 in Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died in 1879 in Crawley's Cove, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.
9. Roberts, Silas was born in 1858 in Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died in 1888 in Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.
10. Roberts, Julia was born about 1860 in Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died in in Unknown Location.
11. Roberts, Albert was born about 1862 in Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died in in Unknown Location.
12. Roberts, George was born on 23 Jun 1865 in Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died about 1940 in Unknown Location.
13. Roberts, William James was born on 10 Jul 1868 in Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died in 1909 in Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Disrtict of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.