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Elda Gertrude (Yeager) Roberts (1871 - 1953)

Elda Gertrude Roberts formerly Yeager
Born in Woodhouse Twp., Norfolk County, Ontario, Canadamap
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Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at age 81 [location unknown]
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Biography

Gertrude Wolley, 1872-1953

Daughter of William Woolley & Hannah Yeager


Birth: 28 Aug 1872, Townsend Twp, Norfolk County, Ontario.

1881 Census, Norfolk South, Ontario.

1891 Census, Norfolk North, Ontario.

Marriage: 23 Dec 1896, Townsend Twp, Norfolk, Ontario, to William Henry Roberts (1873-1965). He was 24, living Woodhouse Twp, farmer. She was 24, of Townsent Twp.[1]

Children:

  1. Hazel Roberts (1897- )
  2. Muriel Roberts (1899-1964)

1901 Census, Norfolk, Ontario

1911 Census, Norfolk, Ontario

1921 Census, Woodhouse, Norfolk, Ontario: Lot 10 Con 6; Wm & Gertrude Roberts

Gertrude and he farmed in Woodhouse Twp., until 1921, when the family moved into one of two houses William had built in the Gore of Woodhouse near Simcoe. Over his life William accumulated a vast knowledge of trees and plants. Although he was not a college graduate, he was often called upon to assist professors from the Ont. Agricultural College with their field projects. In later years the Roberts moved to Toronto, and lived with their daughter, Muriel Squire. William was a life member of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Simcoe, and the National Geographic Society. He and wife buried in Woodhouse United Church Cemetery, Woodhouse Twp. - Mutrie

Death: 1953. Buried with her husband, Woodhouse United Church Cemetery, Halfway House Corner, Norfolk County, Ontario.[2]

Sources

  1. Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42019507/gertrude-roberts
  • R. Robert Mutrie, The Yeager Family Album (Simcoe, Ont.: Second Ave Printing, 1989), 90




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