Individual Details
Ferdinand ROBITAILLE or ROBERTS
(10 Nov 1831 - 2 Apr 1925)
Kates Bay Man Dies, Aged 99
Ferdinand Roberts Had Been Peninsula Resident for 80 Years
Garden, April 3—Ferdinand Roberts, the oldest resident of the Garden Peninsula, and one of the oldest of upper Michigan, died at his home at Kates Bay Thursday night. Had he lived until next November, he would have been 100 years of age.
Mr. Roberts had lived in Delta county for nearly 80 years. Until about 40 years ago, he was a lumber camp cook and a chef in hotels of this district. Then he took up a farm on Kates Bay where he had resided since.
Until a very short time before his death, he was physically active, his memory was clear, and he was a frequent visitor in the village of Garden.
His widow and three sons survive. The latter are Jacob Roberts of Garden, George Roberts of Cooks, and Frank Roberts of Alberta, Canada. Escanaba Daily Press, Saturday, April 4, 1925
............Courtesy of Find A Grave contributor Nancy Stout
Events
| Birth | 10 Nov 1831 | Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada |  |  | |
| Christen | 10 Nov 1831 | Nôtre-Dame, Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada | | | |
| Marriage | Abt 1852 | Mary Theotiste LAPLANTE | |||
| Marriage | 4 Sep 1877 | Brown County, Wisconsin, United States - Adelaide TRUCKEY | | ||
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1880 | Nahma, Delta, Michigan, United States - Adelaide TRUCKEY | | | |
| Death | 2 Apr 1925 | Garden, Delta, Michigan, United States | | ||
| Burial | Kate's Bay Cemetery, Garden, Delta, Michigan, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Theotiste LAPLANTE (1836 - 1876) |
| Child | George ROBERTS (1853 - 1941) |
| Child | Jacob Nelson ROBERTS (1857 - 1945) |
| Child | Ida Bell ROBERTS (1865 - 1888) |
| Child | Franklin ROBERTS (1867 - 1933) |
| Child | Matilda Eliza ROBERTS (1869 - 1899) |
| Child | Mary Louise ROBERTS (1872 - 1876) |
| Spouse | Adelaide TRUCKEY (1840 - 1934) |
| Father | Jacques ROBITAILLE ( - ) |
| Mother | Françoise VÉZINA ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Death record gives birth date as Nov 10 1926 in Quebec -- obviously meant 1826, though the baptism record shows it was 1831.Christen
http://interactive.ancestry.com/1091/d13p_16170418?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=d13p_16170638Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were Ferdinand Rabertay, age 53, a farmer; his wife, Adaline, age 38; his children: George, age 23, a teamster (listed twice), Ida, age 15; Frank, age 13; Matilda, age 10; and stepchildren: Edgar Labute, age 16, working on the farm; and Mary E, age 10.http://interactive.ancestry.com/6742/4241659-00373?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6742%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4241659-00374
Endnotes
1. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 23 January 2016), Ferdinand Roberts; memorial #20981456.
2. Michigan, Death Records , 005363684_00483, Ferdinand Roberts, 2 April 1925; digital images, Michigan Historical Center, Seeking Michigan (seekingmichigan.org : accessed 24 January 2016); Archives of Michigan.
3. "Parish Registers: Nôtre-Dame-de-Québec, Québec," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091 : accessed 24 January 2016), Ferdinand Robitaille; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1831, image 221, baptism 865.
4. "Parish Registers: Nôtre-Dame-de-Québec, Québec," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091 : accessed 24 January 2016), Ferdinand Robitaille; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1831, image 221, baptism 865.
5. Wisconsin Historical Society, "Wisconsin Genealogy Index," abstracts from vital records, (www. wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/index : accessed 23 January 2016), Ferdinand Rabitaille / Adelaide LaButt.
6. "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1820-1907," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 23 January 2016), Ferdinand Robitaille; Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division ; Vol. 3, p. 318.
7. 1880 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Michigan, Delta, Nahena (sic), enumeration district (ED) 86, pages 31-32, images 2-3, dwelling 16, family 16, lines 48-40 and 1-6, Ferdinand Rabertay and family; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1880usfedcen/ : accessed 23 January 2016); National Archives and Records Administration.
8. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 23 January 2016), Ferdinand Roberts; memorial #20981456.
9. Michigan, Death Records , 005363684_00483, Ferdinand Roberts, 2 April 1925; digital images, Michigan Historical Center, Seeking Michigan (seekingmichigan.org : accessed 24 January 2016); Archives of Michigan.
10. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 23 January 2016), Ferdinand Roberts; memorial #20981456.