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Lewis Fletcher Roberts

Lewis Fletcher Roberts

Male 1904 - 1958  (53 years)

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  • Name Lewis Fletcher Roberts 
    Birth 12 Dec 1904  Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Aug 1958  Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I13  Mouchet-Roberts genealogy
    Last Modified 6 May 2016 

    Father Ed Martin Roberts,   b. 25 Apr 1867, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1954, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Mother Helen Bagley,   b. 20 Apr 1866, Binghamton, Broome, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1949, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 8 Jul 1889  University Place (Now Lincoln), Lancaster, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Wedding was at the residence of the bride's parents
    Notes 
    • 1900 census shows no children had been born to Helen. The 1910 census shows Lewis's relationship to Ed as "son (adopted)" and one child born to Helen, still alive.
    Family ID F10644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara Belle Keller,   b. 8 Apr 1907, Mason City, Custer, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1962, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 24 Nov 1925  Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Paul Fenimore Roberts,   b. 6 Jun 1928, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1999, Tehachapi, Kern, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F1614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2021 

  • Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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  • Notes 
    • Lewis was adopted. One family story says that Lewis was the product of an affair between Helen and another man. The 1900 and 1910 census seem to support this. In 1900 Helen ("Ellen") was shown as not having any children. In 1910 she was shown as the mother of one child, still alive and the relationship of Lewis to Ed Roberts is adopted.

      Ed Martin Roberts and Helen Bagley were listed as parents on the record of Lewis' marriage to Clara. He wrote a sports column for a Grand Island Nebraska newspaper, and later for the Long Beach Independant.

      The California death index on Ancestry.com lists his year of birth as 1904.

  • Sources 
    1. [S12143] Los Angeles County Vital Records, death certificate; Lewis Fletcher Roberts.

    2. [S12160] Nebraska, Lancaster County marriage record, marriage certificate; Ed M Roberts and Ella E Bagley.

    3. [S12200] Nebraska Marriage Record, Marriage of Lewis Fletcher Roberts and Clara Belle Keller; 24 November 1925; 4343.