Abraham
Roberts
Born in Newlyn, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Abraham Roberts
and Mary (Pentreath) Roberts
Husband of
Elizabeth (Tonkin) Roberts
— married
19 Aug 1841 in Penzance St Paul, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
William Tonkin Roberts, Abraham Roberts, Charles Roberts, Catherine (Roberts) Clarke, Edward Roberts, Elizabeth Roberts, Harry Roberts, Jane (Roberts) Bagge, George Roberts and Arthur Roberts
Died
at age 77
in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2016
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Came to Australia unassisted in 1853 bringing his 11 year son to set himself up leasing a Hotel in Bendigo before starting an Iron Foundry. His wife Elizabeth came in 1856 with other children. This Foundry eventually hired over 100 men and Abraham went back to Cornwall twice bringing back workers for his Foundry.
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- SIR JOHN QUICK AT BENDIGO. IMPORTANCE OF IRON INDUSTRY.
BENDIGO, Monday. [2]
Sir John Quick, in addressing a hundred foundrymen at Roberts and Sons
foundry to-day, urged the importance of the iron industry in its primary and
secondary stages . He said there were mountains of iron ore in Australia, and a large American syndicate had offered to start iron making works in Australia which could be worked profitably under proper industrial conditions, provided it received a Commonwealth bonus.
He saw no objection to granting a bonus:
in the form of a loan secured on the assets of the company and repaid to the
Government before any dividends were declared. It was objected by some that
such a bonus would be assisting a private monopoly, but he did share that view
Sources
- ↑ Roberts-18687 was created by Karl Schulze through the import of Schulze Family Tree Maker 16 to 2014(1)_2016-09-12_02.ged on Sep 12, 2016. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.
- ↑ SIR JOHN QUICK AT BENDIGO. (1906, November 20). The Ballarat Star
\ (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), p. 1. Retrieved February 24, 2024
- Diane Penberthy nee Roberts
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Karen (Rollet) Lorenz
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Roberts-32747 and Roberts-18687 appear to represent the same person because: The two appear to be duplicated profiles. Please verify and merge if appropriate.
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Rejected matches › Abraham Roberts (abt.1821-1883)
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