My great grandmother, Emma Frances (Warren) Roberts She was born about 1870 in Peterborough, Norhtamptonshire, England and died 1927 in Lynn, Massachusetts |
Obed married his wife, Betsey Hannah Stimson, in the nearby
city of Peterborough, Northampton. She
was from the village of Walton. They had
seven children, including my great grandmother, Emma Frances, and two sons who
went to New Zealand. Apparently Obed
traveled around quite a bit because he had children born in Southorpe,
Wimblington, Peterborough, and Mansfield.
He was enumerated in censuses at Naseby, Warrington, Peterborough, Mansfield
and Leeds. In the last two censuses his occupation
was listed as “commercial traveler”.
Obed's daughter, Emma Frances Warren, was my great grandmother. She was born in Naseby and married my great grandfather, John Peter Bowden Roberts, in Leeds in 1890. They came with their children through Ellis Island to Beverly, Massachusetts in 1915. She never saw England again.
Obed's daughter, Emma Frances Warren, was my great grandmother. She was born in Naseby and married my great grandfather, John Peter Bowden Roberts, in Leeds in 1890. They came with their children through Ellis Island to Beverly, Massachusetts in 1915. She never saw England again.
I have an oral history on tape of my grandmother, recorded
in the 1970s. She spoke about visiting cousins in Peterborough when she was little, before leaving England. These cousins must be children of some of
Obed’s children. She also mentions that some Warren uncles who went to New Zealand
weren't heard from for years and years until a letter arrived in Massachusetts in the 1920s saying that one
of them had died.
Most of my ancestors came from England in the 1600s, and hearing from my grandmother about how much she missed England, her cousins and family was very bittersweet. I'm sure that the ancestors who came on the Mayflower, with the Winthrop Fleet, and on other ships to America still felt the same way about their family back home. We don't often think about this today while we are so accustomed to email, Skype and airplane tickets.
Most of my ancestors came from England in the 1600s, and hearing from my grandmother about how much she missed England, her cousins and family was very bittersweet. I'm sure that the ancestors who came on the Mayflower, with the Winthrop Fleet, and on other ships to America still felt the same way about their family back home. We don't often think about this today while we are so accustomed to email, Skype and airplane tickets.
My Warren genealogy:
Generation 1: John Warren, born about 1788 at Naseby,
Northamptonshire, England; married on 18 May 1817 in Naseby to Elizabeth
Adnitt, daughter of John Adnitt and Elizabeth Garrett. She was baptized on 14 December 1800 in
Naseby.
Generation 2: Obed Thomas Warren, born 28 March 1818 in
Naseby, died before 1891; married in June 1853 in Peterborough to Betsey Hannah
Stimson, daughter of James Stimson and Mary Cooper. She was baptized on 7 July 1833 in Walton,
Northamptonshire. Seven children.
Generation 3: Emma Frances Warren, born about 1870 in
Peterborough, Northamptonshire, died 1927 in Lynn, Massachusetts; married on 24
May 1890 in St. Clement’s church, in the neighborhood of Sheepscar, Leeds,
Yorkshire, England to John Peter Bowden Roberts, son of Samuel Roberts and Mary
Anne Stott. He was born in August 1865
in Leeds, died 23 August 1925 in Beverly, Massachusetts. Four children.
Generation 4: Bertha Louise Roberts m. Donald Munroe Wilkinson
(my grandparents)
Generation 5: John Warren Wilkinson (my father) named for his 2nd great grandfather
Click here to read about Emma's in-laws, the ROBERTS family of Leeds:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/04/surname-saturday-warren-of-naseby.html
Generation 5: John Warren Wilkinson (my father) named for his 2nd great grandfather
Click here to read about Emma's in-laws, the ROBERTS family of Leeds:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/04/surname-saturday-warren-of-naseby.html
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