William Peter Roberts (b. 01 September 1868, d. 05 June 1906)
William Peter Roberts (son of Henry David Roberts and Catharine Apgar) was born 01 September 1868 in Tewksbury NJ Hunterdon Co., and died 05 June 1906 in Dover, NJ Killed in accident at work. He married Rebecca Sarah Thurston on 22 September 1884 in Fairmount NJ, First Presbyterian Church Parsonage, daughter of James G. Thurston and Sarah Pickle.
Notes for William Peter Roberts: William P. Roberts was a machinist in the Dover Car Shop of the D.L.&W. R.R. , according to his son and my father Raymond Roberts He is also reported to have been a grocery clerk. He died at a young age, either from an accident at work or from heart insufficiency. (whatever that means.)
More About William Peter Roberts: Burial: Unknown, Locust Hill Cemetery, Dover, NJ. Fact 1: Grocery Clerk, Mach shop DL&W RR. Fact 2: 1906, Died of Heart Insufficiency, age 37yrs,9mos..
More About William Peter Roberts and Rebecca Sarah Thurston: Marriage: 22 September 1884, Fairmount NJ, First Presbyterian Church Parsonage.
Children of William Peter Roberts and Rebecca Sarah Thurston are:
+Raymond Roberts, b. 16 February 1888, Fairmount NJ in Pickle house, d. 05 December 1984, Dover NJ, b. in Naughright Cem. Long Valley,N.J..
+R. Clarence Roberts, b. 1891, Dover, NJ, d. 12 April 1987, Phillipsburg, NJ, buried Locus Hill Cem. Dover,NJ.
Bertha May Roberts, b. 1896, d. 1896, Dover,NJ buried Locust Hill Cem. Dover.
+Helen Ruth Roberts, b. 29 November 1904, Dover, NJ, d. 19 May 1963, Dover, NJ, Buried Locust Hill Cem.