Amelia Elizabeth (Bartlum) Roberts (1859 - 1953)

Born 29 Mar 1859 in Manatee County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Wife of William Thomas Roberts — married 27 Jan 1880 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1953 at age 94 in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

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Biography

Amelia was born 29 March 1859 in Manatee County, Florida.^[1] She was the daughter of Joseph Simon Bartlum and Mary Elizabeth Roberts.

She married William Thomas Roberts on 27 January 1880 in Key West, Florida, in a ceremony performed by John B. Ley.^[2]

Amelia died on 23 December 1953 in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Florida,^[3] and she is buried there in the Cycadia Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Amelia's Find A Grave memorial includes her full date of birth, though no source for this information is identified. Only the year is carved on her grave stone. The month and year are confirmed by her entry in the 1900 census. thefifthofnov (maintained by hosea49), "Amelia Elizabeth Bartlum Roberts," Memorial no. 98274157, posted 4 October 2012; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98274157 : accessed September 2016). 1900 U.S. Census, Hillsborough County, Florida, population schedule, Precinct 14, enumeration district 58, stamped page 47, sheet 7A, dwelling 159, family 159, William T. Roberts household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004120045_00099/8004264?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/19821910311/facts/citation/67810387631/edit/record : accessed September 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 170.
2. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 1: 182, William T. Roberts and Amelia E. Bartlum, 27 January 1880; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-894X-THJN?i=159&wc=3229-VZ3%3A146404801%3Fcc%3D1803936&cc=1803936&cat=341167 : accessed September 2016).
3. ↑ "Mrs. Amelia Roberts; Tarpon Springs Resident," obituary, St. Petersburg Times, 25 December 1953, p. 18; digital image, Google News Archive (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zEFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bHoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1737%2C4591368 : accessed September 2016). "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Amelia Bartlum Roberts, 1953, Pinellas County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVJ1-HD5 : accessed September 2016).
4. ↑ thefifthofnov (maintained by hosea49), "Amelia Elizabeth Bartlum Roberts," Memorial no. 98274157, posted 4 October 2012; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98274157 : accessed September 2016).