Re: ELBA, NY ROBE'S
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In reply to:
ELBA, NY ROBE'S
Robert Robe III 6/26/03
There are two people over at Roots Web World Connect,
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgihttp://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
who have a William Robe married to an Emma Higley. One of them has him as the son of Jeffrey Robe and Abbey Pettibone.
On
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asphttp://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp
William is living with Emma, four kids, and "Affy" (Abby), who looks like she has been widowed twice - once from Jeffery Robe,once from a Mr. Parker:
Household:
NameRelation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William H. ROBESelfMMaleW39NYFarmerCTCT
Emma G. ROBEWifeMFemaleW29NYKeeping HouseNYNY
Herbert J. ROBESonSMaleW13NYAt SchoolNYNY
Nellie M. ROBEDauSFemaleW9NYNYNY
Gertie A. ROBEDauSFemaleW5NYNYNY
Mary E. ROBEDauSFemaleW3NYNYNY
Affy H. PARKERMotherWFemaleW73CTCTCT
Frank DANIELSOtherMMaleW26NYServantNYNY
Ester DANIELSOtherMFemaleW19ENGServantENGENG
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Source Information:
Census Place Elba, Genesee, New York
Family History Library Film1254835
NA Film NumberT9-0835
Page Number539D
Your ggf Guy is either hiding under the name "Herbert" or hasn't come along yet.
There are two IGI citations for William too, but they are from LDS members, not church or civil records.
The US Gen Web page for Genessee County,
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenese/index.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenese/index.htm
has a search engine. There are 4 hits for "Robe". One is a cemetery listing:
Robe
Guy H., b.1881, d. 3-6-1929, s/o William Frank & Helen N. (Shotwell) Robe lot # 249, grave # 1
Lydia Elite (Tuttle), b. 9-3-1883, Alabama, N.Y.; d. 4-13-1926,d/o William & Frances (Ackerson) Tuttle, w/o Gut H., lot # 249, grave # 2
William Frank, b. 4-16-1841, Elba, N.Y.; d. 11-21-1920, s/o Jeffrey & Abby (Higley) (Pettibone) Robe, lot # 249, grave # 5
Emma Gertrude (Higley), b. 1851, Elba, N.Y.; d. 3-26-1929, d/o Anson & Lydia (Newkirk) Higley, 2nd w/o William Frank Robe, lot # 249, grave # 6, *stone says 1927
Nellie M., b. 5-24-1871; d. 1-12-1946, 74y 7m 20d, d/o William Frank & Helen N. (Shotwell) Robe, lot # 249, grave # 7
It looks like there is quite a tangle here. One person at RW WC has William F. Robe married to Mary Ellen Shotwell. (Note that "Ellen" and "Helen" are often mixed up.)
So - conflicting sources and name mixups. Welcome to the sport. Good luck. I'm not related. I sometime spoke around for posts with the words "Please help" that haven't been answered in a month, instead of watching ESPN.