A Tale of the Roberts Clan....

So ...... I have been working on some of my husband's Mom's side for a little while, and his Mom asked me to share some of the information I have thus far.

So his Mom's parents were

Claude Roberts & Philomena D'Ambrosio ...
(Dennis' Grandparents)

Claude was born on 5 January 1928 ...... and he died 9 September 1986 .... I haven't gotten a chance yet to see if I can find anything on him on the military website I use, I think Dennis did and didn't find anything.  But they are still working on a lot of records getting added....

AND I have to point out that (my kids) Calahan was born on January 5th and Kaedyn was born September 9th .. odd right?

Philomena J. D'Ambrosio was born as a first generation American Italian in Illionis 29 Aug 1927 and she died 3 Mar 2001 in Chicago.   She was buried with her son Patrick whom died from a cocaine overdose.

They had several children, of which most are alive right now.  Though I don't know much information on any of them.... there were 5 boys and two girls.  Daniel, David, Dennis, Jeff and Patrick, and then two girls Judy and Phyllis...  David, Dennis and Patrick have passed away.  Dennis (my husband) was named after his uncle Dennis.

We're going to discuss Philomena's parents in another blog.  So I'll continue with Claude's parents ...

Harold Owen Roberts and Agnes Griffin
(Dennis' Great-Grandparents)

 ... Harold was born 4 June 1902 in Minnesota and died 10 July 1982 in Minnesota.  Agnes was born 6 Feb 1903 in Minnesota and died in Minnesota on 21 Dec 1962.

Somone had posted this picture on Ancestry ....

Their graves are together....

They had five boys and two girls.  Harleth, Forrest, Bernice, Claude, Verna, Glen & Elmer ...  I have found infomation on Harleth, and of course Claude, but the rest are still a mystery.

They are resting in Memory Gardens Cemetery - Arlington Heights (Cook County), Illinois

Harold's parents are
William Edward Roberts & Gussie "Mae" Elnora Hyde ....
(Dennis' Great-Great-Grandparents)

Luckily one picture of Gussie with her sisters was shared on Ancestry ...

Sisters - Gussie, Clara Hall, Eloda Hyde, and Alice

It's absolutely WONDERFUL when people share these photos on their trees for others to see.  Because so many of us wouldn't be able to SEE our ancestors otherwise....

Gussie Elnora Hyde was born Jul. 28, 1881 in Maxville, Buffalo County, Wisconsin ...  She died Apr. 11, 1954 in Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota...

William Edward Roberts was born Nov. 1, 1869 in Perry County, Pennsylvania and he died on Jan. 2, 1929 in Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota

They are both buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Lake City, MN ...  

Now, Agnes' parents were 

William Leroy Griffin & Inga Dorothea Hasvog (Carlson)

(Dennis' Great-Great-Grandparents) 

Inga Dorothea Hasvog 

Carlson is attached to Inga because that's how people would normally be named in Norway, which she is an immigrant of - along with her family.  Truly - it would be Carldotter or Karldotter ... because of her being a girl, she wouldn't be a "son" ...  

As for Hasvog, that's where Inga is from .... Hasvåg, Nord-Trøndelag, NORWAY ...  so I'm not sure WHAT their TRUE surname is .... 

That's just my thoughts on that....  

So this is a family photo of Inga's family that someone posted on Ancestry.  Thank you!  

Standing Left to Right_ Lewis, Mary, Laura, Carl Anton, Inga Grandpa, Alena _ Carl's Wife, Grandma Children are Carl Anton and Olena

I haven't found their graves yet but from what I have (at the moment) William Leroy Griffin was born 1881 in and he died in 1969 in Wisconsin ....  Inga was born in Norway in 1875 and she died in Wisconsin in 1974.

In the above photo Inga's father is the older man sitting with his arms crossed, his name is Karl (Carl) Jacob Danielson, and his wife's name (holding the older baby) is named Antonette Ingebrigtsdatter....  

And that's where we are going to stop for now :)