3. | William Carlyle Roberts (1.Minnie1) blev født den 16 aug. 1884 i Cokeville, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA; døde den 14 aug. 1963 i Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon, USA; blev begravet den 18 aug. 1963 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA. Notater:
I, William Carlyle Roberts was born August 16, 1884, the son of William H. and Minnie Tanner Roberts, in Cokeville, Wyo. A curly headed red faced little boy in a log house with a dirt roof and a dirt floor. It was a lean-to to the village blacksmith shop. When I was 2 years old, we moved to Rock Springs Wyo where my sister Lucy was born, then back to Cokeville where my brother Guy was born, then back to Rock Springs, Wyo until I was 6 years old. My mother married at the very young age of 16 and my father was not much older. Times were tough and one day my father and Grandfather Tanner had an argument and my father left. My mother and Grandfather Tanner raised me. He taught me how to ride, throw a rope, grand and cut out cattle, so I could get a job almost anywhere in stock country. On Sunday afternoons we would have a riding contest. We would pass the hat for the one to ride a certain horse. When the hat was passed they would call out "We have so much money on that black horse and if you get throwed, you don't get any money." So I knew I had to ride, so I did. I made as much as $10.00 in one afternoon, and that was good money, as I was making $22.00 for a whole month out with the sheep and $1.00 a day when I worked the dry good store. Always being small of stature, I became a little cocky and did almost as I pleased.
When I was 14 I told my Mother and Grandfather I was a man now, and left to work in the red desert with a sheep outfit as a camp tender. I spent most of my youth working with the sheep camps and working on ranches. I had my own horse , saddle and gun - you just wasn't a man unless you had them.
The best part of my life was meeting Rosetta Welker in 1905 and our 4 1/2 year courtship. Then our marriage on June 22, 1910. At the end of WW1 I loaded my family into our model T Ford and headed for Burley, Idaho. We had 4 children, Fern, Minnie, Jim and Evelyn. We drove to Montpelier and visited folk there and headed for Pocatello. When we got there a big celebration was going on as WW1 had ended. That was the first we knew the war was over. When we got to Burley we needed to buy a place to live so I went to work for the sugar factory and worked my spare time at the Dray and coal business. We lost all of our stuff in Cokeville as the government took the reserve rights because I had moved to another state. The dry ground and lambing ground was sold for taxes. We got $60.00 an acre so things were not so rosy, and to think Mother took it all as it came and never complained and raised our family on what we had.
Over the years I farmed in several places around Burley and earned what I could. I became the sexton of the cemetery for $124.00 a month which was good wages. I stayed at that job for 25 years. The winter of 1927 I had my teeth, tonsils and adenoids all out the same day, and was sick all winter.
The Children all said I was very cross and cranky, which was not usual for me. I became very active in the scouting program and I was one of the first to receive the Silver Beaver award in the state of Idaho and the first one to receive the Scout Masters key. While living in Mesa, AZ i was honored for 50 years continous scouting.
Mother and I served on stake missions and in 1952 was called to the Sothwest Indian Mission and in 1958 we were called to the Eastern States Mission again working with the Lamonite people. While on this mission I was the oldest participant in the Hill Comorah Pagent.
Inb 1963 we were living in Arizona and in March we traveled to SLC Utah for the wedding of Joann and Russel, then in April we went to conference. About this time I had 2 strokes and went to the hospital for 8 days. All the family gathered to watch me die, but when I got to heaven and the veil opened, the folks in there said,d "there's no room here", so they sent me down to hell, and they opened the veil and looked at me and said, "no we can't use him here as he raised too much hell on earth", so they sent me back to repent. So all I do now is rent and take pills.
If William C. Roberts were here today with us I am sure he might say something like this:
Mother and I had very many trials and tribulations and many many blessings as we raised our children and tried to serve the Lord. I am so thankful for all that I was able to do in my life and to serve others. I hope my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren will be pround of me. I am so proud of our children and their accomplishments.
William blev gift med Rosetta Welker den 22 jun. 1910 i Logan, Cache, Utah, USA. Rosetta (datter af James Albert Welker og Inger Mary Madsen) blev født den 15 jan. 1889 i Bloomington, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA; døde den 10 nov. 1984 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA; blev begravet den 14 nov. 1984 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]
Børn:
- 9. Fern Leanora Roberts
blev født den 2 sep. 1913 i Cokeville, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA; døde den 31 maj 1999 i Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA.
- 10. Baby Girl Roberts
blev født den 12 dec. 1921 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA; døde den 12 dec. 1921 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA.
- 11. Minnie Inger Roberts
blev født den 18 jun. 1911 i Cokeville, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA; døde den 25 feb. 1943 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA.
- 12. Shirley Jean Roberts
blev født den 5 mar. 1928 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA; døde den 7 sep. 1928 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA.
- 13. Barbara Roberts
blev født den 4 feb. 1930 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA; døde den 13 nov. 2006 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
- 14. Guy Robert Roberts
blev født den 1 aug. 1923 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA; døde den 16 maj 1989 i Hailey, Blaine, Idaho, USA.
- 15. Gale Madsen Roberts
blev født den 2 sep. 1924 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA; døde den 14 feb. 2013 i Shoshone, Lincoln, Idaho, USA.
- 16. Wilburn Carlyle Roberts
blev født den 28 maj 1919 i Paul, Minidoka, Idaho, USA; døde den 25 feb. 2000 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA; blev begravet den 28 feb. 2000 i Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA.
- 17. Evelyn Roberts
blev født cirka 1917 i Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA; døde den 4 okt. 2003 i Portland, Washington, Oregon, USA.
- 18. James William Roberts
blev født den 22 jun. 1915 i Cokeville, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA; døde den 11 nov. 1967 i Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA.
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