| OWEN ROBERTS |  |
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| PARENTS: | William ROBERTS and Ann JONES | |
| BIRTH: | 10 Mar 1839 in Careg Caeth, Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales | |
| DEATH: | 17 Nov 1891 in Horsham, Victoria, Australia | |
| SIBLINGS: | William ROBERTS | b:1826 |
| John ROBERTS | d:1860 | |
| Robert ROBERTS | b:1828 | |
| William Lastra ROBERTS | b:22 Jul 1830 | |
| Robert John ROBERTS | b:23 Oct 1836 | |
| Thomas ROBERTS | b:1842 - d:1864 | |
| 1ST SPOUSE: | Isabella JOHNSTON b:abt 1839, Shetland Islands, Scotland. She migrated to Australia on the ship Boanerges. She died on the 18th of October 1872 at Great Western in Victoria. | |
| MARRIAGE: | 12 Dec 1864 in Wickliffe, near Lake Bolac, Victoria, Australia | |
| CHILDREN from 1st marriage: |
Jessie Ann ROBERTS | b:21 Jul 1865 |
| Agnes Jane ROBERTS | b:29 Nov 1866 | |
| William George ROBERTS | b:1 Sep 1870 | |
| Robert Thomas ROBERTS | b:13 Sep 1872 | |
| 2ND SPOUSE: | Mary Jane LISTON | |
| MARRIAGE: | 31 Jul 1880 in Horsham, Victoria, Australia | |
| CHILDREN from 2nd marriage: |
Mary Jane ROBERTS | b:9 Jan 1881 |
| Annie Owena ROBERTS | b:5 Feb 1883 | |
| Ellen Louisa ROBERTS | b:5 Aug 1884 | |
| Agnes Maude ROBERTS | b:20 Sep 1886 | |
| James John ROBERTS | b:8 Aug 1889 | |
| Owen Thomas Gerald ROBERTS | b:19 Nov 1891 | |
| Before migrating to Australia Owen was a Welsh Wesleyan Methodist preacher. He left Liverpool on the 13th November 1861 on the Morning Light bound for Melbourne arriving on the 25th January 1862, ten years after his brother Robert John ROBERTS. In Australia he worked at various times as a boundary rider, farmer and drover. Owen died on the 17th November 1891 and was buried two days later at the Horsham Cemetery on the 19th, the day his son Owen Thomas Gerald ROBERTS was born. | ||
