Individual Details

James Ivy Roberts

(11 Aug 1872 - 15 Dec 1933)

* He was cutting down a tree after storm and it was under some pressure. When he cut it, it sprang up and hit him in the groin. According to Grandmother Roberts, "his testicles had swollen to the size of basketballs" before he died several days after the accident.
* later did some farming and had a small store at home till about time of automobiles

Events

Birth11 Aug 1872Linton, Hancock, GA
Residence1880Age: 8; EnumerationDistrict: 050; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Son - District 118, Hancock, Georgia, USA
Marriage18 Dec 1897Hancock, Georgia, USA - Elizabeth Louisa Moran
OccupationBef 1900Guard in convict camp
Marriage19 Dec 1900Linton, Hancock Co., GA - Elizabeth Louisa Moran
OccupationDec 1907Lumberman, ran sawmill
ResidenceDec 1907Milledgeville, Hancock, GA
Residence1910Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Militia District 117, Hancock, Georgia, USA
Residence1920Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married - Militia District 117, Hancock, Georgia, USA
Residence1930Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - Militia District 117, Hancock, Georgia, USA
Death15 Dec 1933accident felling tree - Hancock Co., GA
BurialBlack Springs Cemetery, Baldwin Co., GA

Families

SpouseElizabeth Louisa Moran (1871 - 1969)
ChildNolie Louisa Roberts (1901 - 1956)
ChildElizabeth Ivylyn Roberts (1903 - 1969)
ChildJames Moran Roberts (1907 - 2001)
ChildJack Barnes Roberts (1910 - 1969)
ChildDovie Franklin Roberts (1911 - 1969)
ChildCharles Harold Roberts (1913 - 1969)
FatherJohn William Roberts (1842 - 1928)
MotherCatherine Frances Rushin (1842 - 1916)
SiblingNolie Roberts (1865 - )
SiblingAnnie Winifred Roberts (1867 - 1944)
SiblingJosie Roberts (1868 - )
SiblingVirginia Roberts (1870 - 1933)
SiblingMollie C. Roberts (1874 - 1914)
SiblingWillie Roberts (1877 - )
SiblingKate Roberts (1878 - 1913)
SiblingElizabeth Evylyn Roberts (1880 - )
SiblingMamie Cone Roberts (1881 - )
SiblingGeorge Brown Roberts (1885 - 1914)

Endnotes

1. Georgia State Board of Health, James Moran Roberts Birth Certificate (Filed 10 Sept 1932).

2. Patrick Edward Moran, Moran Exodus From Offaly (published by author), p. 142.

3. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Year: 1930; Census Place: Militia District 117, Hancock, Georgia; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 2340102.

4. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Militia District 117, Hancock, Georgia; Roll: T625_258; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 39.

5. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Year: 1910; Census Place: Militia District 117, Hancock, Georgia; Roll: T624_197; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1374210.

6. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: District 118, Hancock, Georgia; Roll: 151; Page: 331C; Enumeration District: 050.

7. Ancesrty.com, Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013).

8. Patrick Edward Moran, Moran Exodus From Offaly (published by author), p. 91.

9. Elizabeth Franklin Family Bible.

10. Georgia State Board of Health, James Moran Roberts Birth Certificate (Filed 10 Sept 1932).

11. Georgia State Board of Health, James Moran Roberts Birth Certificate (Filed 10 Sept 1932).

12. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Year: 1910; Census Place: Militia District 117, Hancock, Georgia; Roll: T624_197; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1374210.

13. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Militia District 117, Hancock, Georgia; Roll: T625_258; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 39.

14. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Year: 1930; Census Place: Militia District 117, Hancock, Georgia; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 2340102.

15. Patrick Edward Moran, Moran Exodus From Offaly (published by author), p. 142.

16. Patrick Edward Moran, Moran Exodus From Offaly (published by author), p. 142.