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Lewis Fletcher Roberts

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Name Lewis Fletcher Roberts Birth 12 Dec 1904 Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States [1]
Gender Male Death 23 Aug 1958 Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States [1]
Person ID I13 Mouchet-Roberts genealogy Last Modified 6 May 2016
Father Ed Martin Roberts, b. 25 Apr 1867, Nebraska d. 10 May 1954, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California
(Age 87 years)
Relationship Adopted Mother Helen Bagley, b. 20 Apr 1866, Binghamton, Broome, New York d. 9 Apr 1949, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
(Age 82 years)
Marriage 8 Jul 1889 University Place (Now Lincoln), Lancaster, Nebraska, United States [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 d. 1 Jun 1962, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California
(Age 55 years)
Marriage 24 Nov 1925 Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States [3]
Children 1. Paul Fenimore Roberts, b. 6 Jun 1928, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska d. 4 Apr 1999, Tehachapi, Kern, California
(Age 70 years)
2. Living 3. Living Family ID F1614 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Feb 2021
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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.
- 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.
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Sources - [S12143] Los Angeles County Vital Records, death certificate; Lewis Fletcher Roberts.
- [S12160] Nebraska, Lancaster County marriage record, marriage certificate; Ed M Roberts and Ella E Bagley.
- [S12200] Nebraska Marriage Record, Marriage of Lewis Fletcher Roberts and Clara Belle Keller; 24 November 1925; 4343.
- [S12143] Los Angeles County Vital Records, death certificate; Lewis Fletcher Roberts.