John Roberts

1820 - 1893  (72 years)

• Name	John Roberts
  Born	Nov 1820	Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England
  Christened	19 Nov 1820	Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Mar 1893	Woody Point, Newfoundland
  Buried	Woody Point Old Anglican Graveyard, Woody Point, West Coast, Newfoundland
  		Mark and John Roberts' headstone Gravestone found at Anglican Graveyards down by the water at the edge of town and beside the Discovery Centre in Woody Point
  Notes	John married Amelia Amy (Emma) Decker of Rocky Harbour about 1840. John and Emma had thirteen children who then produced sixty-six grandchildren giving rise to the belief that the Roberts family populated Woody Point. In 1894 Bonne Bay only had a population of 336 and it is easy to imagine that at least a third were part of the extended Roberts family. Looking through the McAlpine Directories of the 1890s reveals that the men of the Robert’s family worked as fishermen, draper, lobster packers, general dealer and postmaster. Today the Historic Places website of Canada lists three properties which belonged to the Roberts family which survived the 1922 fire that destroyed much of Woody Point – John William Roberts house; Edward J Roberts house and Roberts store.
  Person ID	I2735	West & Park Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	John Roberts,   b. 30 Aug 1789, Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England
  Mother	Elizabeth Rowland,   b. 7 Jul 1787, Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England ,   d. 15 May 1824, Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England  (Age 36 years)
  Married	6 Dec 1808	Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England
  Family ID	F837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Decker,   b. 1823, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland ,   d. 27 JulL 1883, Woody Point, Newfoundland  (Age 60 years)
  Children	+ 1. Esther Roberts,   b. 1850, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland ,   d. 11 Feb 1903, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Nov 1820 - Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England Christened - 19 Nov 1820 - Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England Died - 23 Mar 1893 - Woody Point, Newfoundland Buried - - Woody Point Old Anglican Graveyard, Woody Point, West Coast, Newfoundland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		John Roberts baptism 1820
  		John Roberts death 1893