Mary Ann Roberts (1832 - 1855)

Born 1832 in Bahamas

Descendants

Died 1855 at about age 23 in Key West, Florida

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Mary Roberts is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Mary was born in 1832. Mary Roberts ... She passed away in 1855.

We find Mary Ann Roberts in the death record of Thomas W. Knowles b 1851-53 s/o Thomas A. Knowles. The Parker_Brady_Zimmerman ancestry tree also lists her as mother of Thomas W Knowles. ^[1]

We also find Mary Ann Roberts in the US Census of 1850 when she lived in the household of (her father?) Benjamin Roberts b 1807 Bahamas. The dress was not given.

The Roberts Household in 1850:

Benjamin Roberts 1850 Male 43 White 1807 Bahamas 344

Benjamin Roberts 1850 Male 20 White 1830 Bahames 344

Mary Ann Roberts 1850 Female 18 White 1832 Bahamas 344

Margaret Roberts 1850 Female 16 White 1834 Bahamas 344

Richard Roberts 1850 Male 11 White 1839 Bahamas 344

Next door in 1850: Richard Roberts 1850 Male 33 White 1817 Bahamas 343

Mary Roberts 1850 Female 25 White 1825 Bahamas 343

The Roberts Household in 1860:

Mary was completely absent from the US Census of 1860 but the household of the same Benjamin Roberts lived next door to the household of Thomas A Knowles, now married to Catherine Knowles. Her son, the above mentioned Thomas W. Knowles b 1851-53 lived with his father Tomas A. and Catherine Knowles.

Benjamin was widowed and living in Key West, Monroe County, Florida. His son, Richard, and Robert and Caroline French were living with him.

Benjamin Roberts b 1804 Bahama Islands

Richard Roberts b 1840 Bahama Islands

Robert French b. 1837 New York

Caroline French b 1837 Bahama Islands

NB. We know that Benjamin married Charlotte Russell because he and his wife were mentioned in the death record of their son, Richard, in 1918.

Marriage records would be welcome

Sources

1. ↑ ID: I8653 Name: Mary Ann ROBERTS Sex: F Reference Number: 8653 Birth: 1832 in Bahamas Death: 1855 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida'

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFH6-6LJ : 9 November 2014), Roberts, Monroe county, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing family 363, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C9-NNN : 30 December 2015), Thomas Knowles, 1860.

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