Matilda (Lawrence) Roberts (1807 - 1867)

Born 22 Feb 1807 in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1867 at age 60 in Tecumseh, Shawnee, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Matilda Lawrence was born on 22 Feb 1807 in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States to William Lawrence and Patience Frost. She married Isaac Newton Roberts on 14 Dec 1827 in Guernsey, Ohio, United States, and they had 14 children: 

1. William Bascum Roberts
2. Oliver Lawrence Roberts (1830-1830)
3. Mary Louise Roberts m. Jonathan Buckingham Miller
4. John M. Roberts (1833-1890) m. Elizabeth Ann Roush (1840-1926)
5. John William Roberts m. Rebecca Frances Milliken
6. Clark Braden Roberts (1835-1846)
7. George Milton Roberts (1837-1846)
8. Hettie Jane Roberts (1839-1926) m. John Banning (1838-1923)
9. Alfred Simms Roberts (1841-1908) m. Eleanor Caroline Crum (1851-1890) and Ruth Amanda Thompson (1853-1930)
10. Harriet Ann Roberts (1843-1846)
11. Isaac Newton Roberts (1845-1860)
12. Ruth Ann Roberts (1847-1847)
13. Rebecca Matilda Roberts (1848-1906) m. William Crumb (1848-1922)
14. Samuel Young Roberts (1851-1916) m. Martha Duncan (1851-1935)

Matilda died on 16 Sep 1867 in Tecumseh, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, and is buried in Zion Cemetery in Watson, Shawnee, Kansas, United States.

Family

Father: William Lawrence

Mother: Patience Frost

Siblings:

1. Mary Lawrence (1809-1867) m. Henry Alexander (1806-)
2. Harriet Lawrence (1811-1895) m. Andrew A. Alexander (1804-1853) and Reuben Teagarden (1806-1885)
3. John F. Lawrence m. Maria M Wood (1819-1894)
4. William Lawrence (1816-)
5. Thornton F Lawrence (1818-1834)
6. George Newton Lawrence (1820-1894) m. Elizabeth Duvall (1832-1862) and Elizabeth Todd (1832-)
7. Sarah Louisa Lawrence (1829-1904) m. Elisha Gibbons (1828-)

Census

1850- Perry, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States

1860- Tecumseh, Shawnee, Kansas, United States

1865- Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas, United States

Research Notes

In the 1860 Federal Census, Matilda's daughter Mary was counted twice. Once with her parents and again with her husband Jonathan Miller.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3Z-CGK : 21 December 2020), Matilda Roberts in household of Isacc N Roberts, Perry Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M667-B6K : Wed Mar 15 13:58:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Isaac N Roberts and Matilda Roberts, 1860.

• "Kansas State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Z-SH3D : 12 March 2020), Matilda Roberts in entry for Isaac W Roberts, 1865.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60525968/matilda-roberts: accessed 02 June 2023), memorial page for Matilda Lawrence Roberts (22 Feb 1807–16 Sep 1867), Find A Grave: Memorial #60525968, citing Zion Cemetery, Watson, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by From the Heart (contributor 47715879).

• "Kansas, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1812-1981"
  Kansas Cemetery Records. Miscellaneous Cemetery Records. Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5951 #27363 (accessed 2 June 2023)
  Matilda Roberts burial (died on 16 Sep 1867 at age 60) on 16 Sep 1867 in Small Cemetery, Watson.

• Frost Pioneers and Alias' Families. Frost, Jeanie. 2005. Author House. pg 22

• FamilySearch Person: K2XC-KQ6