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Person · Henry S. Roberts
The record
- HHomethe fan · what changed · open questions
- MMigrationbirths and deaths on a map, by decade
- TTimeline609 entries · 5 eras
- PPeople290 cards, by generationHenry S. Roberts
- LLines13 surname pages
The evidence
- DDocuments896 thumbnails, filterable
- SSourcesS1–S1207, with where each is cited
The findings
- How the wall came downProeger line
- The glass patentsProeger line
- How the Caffey half was closedCaffey line
- What the DNA saysits own page
- Four routesMigration
- The asymmetryLines
- Open questions20 questions
- Add to this recorda form, read by Earl
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apart from the three record tags above S24.
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no DNA result on this page is ever counted as confirmed, because no document
was read for it S46.
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- Born
- November 1854, West Virginia
- Children
- Anna Blanche Roberts
- Sources
- 5
Research status
Research status: CONFIRMED — named as father of Anna Blanche Roberts in sources S90, S91 and S92.
Life in the order the records give it
Birth1854
Born
November 1854, West Virginia S90S92Birth1860
🆕 A likely childhood household: in 1860
H. S. L. Roberts, 5, born Ohio, was in a Roberts household at Martinsville (Martins Ferry), Belmont County, Ohio
Probable confirm or correct → S1049. Evidence: the initials and age fit a November 1854 birth, and the family is just across the river from Wheeling. Weak: the census states no relationships and no document names his parents, so none are published here. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
Family parents, marriages, children, siblings
Marriage2026
🆕 Added 24 September 2026. In 1900 his wife
Rose A., born November 1854 in West Virginia, had borne
13 children, 7 then living S92. Their son
Harry, born 1889 at Bellaire, was in 1940 a glass-company laborer at Lansing, Belmont County, Ohio, with his wife Amelia and their daughters
S352.
In the record
Generation 5 — the immigrants and the frontier
- S90Ohio Births and Christenings Index, 1774–1973 — Annie Roberts (Anna Blanche), b. 10 Nov 1892 (christening), Bellaire, Belmont, Ohio; father Henry Roberts, mother Rose Williams. FHL Film 902141. Ancestry collection 2541, record 2773008. The record that identifies both parents by name. Maiden name Williams confirmed independently by the CA Death Index (S91).
- S91California Death Index, 1940–1997 — Anna Blanche Proeger [Roberts], b. 16 Sep 1890, Ohio; d. 15 Aug 1942, Los Angeles. Mother's maiden name: Williams. Father's surname: Roberts. Ancestry collection 5180, record 5930981. Independently confirms the mother's maiden name from S90. Birth year 1890 vs 1892: the 1900 census supports Sep 1892; the death index is a secondary source for birth date.
- S921900 US Federal Census — Henry Roberts household, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. Henry Roberts, 45, Head, b. Nov 1854, West Virginia, Glass Blower, married 25 years; Rose A Roberts, 45, Wife; Etta, 19; Florence, 17; Sam, 15; Thomas, 13. Henry's parents both b. Ohio. NARA T623, Roll 1769, Page 10, ED 0125. Ancestry collection 7602, record 62778072. Image examined, read 24 September 2026: 1590 Warren St.; Rose A. born Nov 1854, W. Va., both her parents b. Ohio, mother of 13 children, 7 living; Etta b. Feb 1881, Florence Feb 1883, Sam Mar 1885, Thomas May 1887. Anna Blanche is not in this household. Only four of Rose's seven living children are at home, so a daughter of seven living elsewhere is consistent with her own count. Siblings Etta (Henrietta), Florence, Sam, and Thomas confirmed.
- S3521940 U.S. Federal Census — Harry Roberts household, Boyd Ave., Lansing, Pease Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio. Ancestry record 38067602. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Harry Roberts, 50, b. Ohio, laborer at a glass company, renting at $7 a month; wife Amelia, 45, b. W. Va.; daughters Etta Mae, Amelia, Lora and Shirley, and a married daughter, Catherine Rose, with her three small daughters. Identity: his age fits the 19 May 1889 Bellaire birth, he worked in his father's glass trade in the same county, and he named a daughter Etta after his eldest sister. The index's “760” is the rent, written 7.00.
- S10491860 United States Federal Census — Martinsville (Martins Ferry), Pease Township, Belmont County, Ohio, page 107, dwelling 777. Ancestry record 43664618. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Probable 28 July 1860: a Roberts household, the head a laborer of 31 born Ohio, with his wife, 31, and children Margaret 12, Ephalinda 9, Rachel H. 7, H. S. L. Roberts, 5, and Mary C. 2, all born Ohio. A candidate childhood household only: the boy’s initials and age fit Henry S. Roberts (b. November 1854), but the census states no relationships and no document yet names his parents, so the adults are not published here as his parents.