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Person · Henry 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 Roberts
- LLines13 surname pages
The evidence
- DDocuments896 thumbnails, filterable
- SSourcesS1–S1207, with where each is cited
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- How the wall came downProeger line
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- What the DNA saysits own page
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- Born
- Westford, Vermont
- Died
- 2 November 1924
- Married
- Delina Deblois
- Children
- Leon H. Roberts
- Sources
- 6
Research status
Research status: CONFIRMED — named as father on Leon H. Roberts's 1907 Vermont marriage record, S196.
Life in the order the records give it
Birth—
Born
Westford, Vermont S196Census1880
🆕 In June 1880 he was farming at Westfield, 35, with Delina, 27, and three children: Leora, 4, Theodore, 3, and Alice, 7 months. Leon was born two years later
Confirmed S955. added 29 September 2026
Death1924
🆕 Died a widower at Newbury, Vermont, on
2 November 1924, aged 80; born
29 October 1844. His father was
Henry Roberts, Sr., born at Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières), Canada
Confirmed S956. The death card gives his birthplace as "Westboro", which is not a Vermont town, so the site keeps Westford. added 29 September 2026
Census1870
🆕 In June 1870 he was a farm labourer at Westfield, 25, with Delina, 17, and a daughter
Emma, 1. Both are recorded as born in Vermont to foreign-born parents
Confirmed S1133. His son
Elmer E. Roberts, born 5 March 1888, drowned at Bath, New Hampshire, on 5 July 1908, aged 20; the death return names his parents as Henry Roberts Jr., born Westford, and Delina Delois
S1134.
Family parents, marriages, children, siblings
Children1907
Father of
Leon H. Roberts, with
Delina Deblois (born Fairfax, Vt.), named on Leon's 1907 Newbury marriage record
S196Marriage1867
🆕 Married
Delina Deblois at Westfield, Vermont, on
12 June 1867, by a Catholic priest. He was 22, a labourer, born at Westford, and the card calls him
Henry Roberts Jr., son of Henry Roberts and Laura
Confirmed S954. added 29 September 2026
Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it
In the record
Generation 5 — the immigrants and the frontier
- S196Vermont marriage record — Leon H. Roberts and Grace M. Avery, Newbury, 26 June 1907. Ancestry record 1012562. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Leon's first marriage; his parents Henry Roberts (born Westford, Vt.) and Delina Deblois (born Fairfax, Vt.).
- S954Vermont marriage card (groom) — Henry Roberts Jr. and Delinde (Delina) Deblois, Westfield, Vermont, 12 June 1867. Ancestry record 369707. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 24–25 September 2026. Confirmed Groom Henry Roberts Jr., of Westfield, 22, labourer, first marriage, born Westford; father Henry Roberts; mother Laura (no surname given). Bride Delinde Deblois. Married 12 June 1867 at Westfield by a Catholic priest; town clerk Henry Miller. The birthplace Westford and the bride Deblois both match Leon H. Roberts's 1907 marriage record (S196). The index adds the surname Roberts to Laura, but it is not on the card. Collection: Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720–1908.
- S9551880 United States Federal Census — Westfield, Orleans County, Vermont, page 6, dwelling 53, lines 7–11 (June 1880). Ancestry record 22480648. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 24–25 September 2026. Confirmed Robberts, Henry, head, 35, farmer, born Vermont to Canadian-born parents; Delina, wife, 27, born Vermont; Leora, daughter, 4; Theodore, son, 3; and Alice, daughter, 7 months (born November 1879). Robberts is the enumerator's spelling. The page gives Delina's mother as born in Vermont, but the 1900 census gives both her parents as born in Canada; the site records both. A second Henry Robberts, 59, born Canada, lives two dwellings away. Nothing on the page states a relationship, so he is a lead only. Collection: 1880 United States Federal Census.
- S956Vermont death record — Henry Roberts, Newbury, Orange County, 2 November 1924 (certified copy, H. S. Knight, town clerk). Ancestry record 461455. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 24–25 September 2026. Confirmed Henry Roberts, of Newbury, white, widowed, labourer, died 2 November 1924, aged 80 years 0 months 4 days; born 29 October 1844 at "Westboro, Vt."; father Henry Roberts, Sr., born Three Rivers, Canada; mother unknown. Cause: senility, with gastritis contributing; attended by F. E. Spear of Woodsville, N.H. Vermont has no town called Westboro. The site keeps Westford, the birthplace on two earlier records (S196, S954); the informant is not named. The age at death checks to the day against 29 October 1844. Collection: Vermont, U.S., Death Records, 1909–2008.
- S11331870 U.S. census — Westfield, Orleans County, Vermont, p. 9, dwelling 66 (9 June 1870). Ancestry record 36772064. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 24 September 2026. Confirmed Henry Roberts, 25, farm labourer, born Vermont, both parents foreign-born; Delina, 17, keeping house, born Vermont, both parents foreign-born; Emma, 1, born Vermont. A DeBlois household is next door. Nothing on the page says how it is related.
- S1134New Hampshire death return, Bath, 1908 — Elmer E. Roberts. Ancestry record 60512517. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 24 September 2026. Confirmed Elmer E. Roberts, male, white, single, farming, died at Bath on 5 July 1908, aged 20 years 4 months, born 5 March 1888; cause, accidental drowning; father Henry Roberts Jr., born Westford; mother Delina Delois [Deblois]. Only the front of the card is imaged; the back, with the informant, is not.