Found Grandma!

Fleta found Grandma. How exciting. We have been hunting

Grandmas and Grandpas so long, I know we will not find many

more. So I was ecstatic when she called Saturday

morning with the good news that Grandma had been found.

We have know Grandma's name for a long time, she is

Caroline Thomas. She was the mother of Grandpa Charlie

Ross Thomas. But recently ancestry posted some new

censuses and in Iowa, Charlie's sister, Mary answered a

census question~Who was your mother with the name.

CAROLINE ROBERTS and tada Grandma is found. With a

last name, Fleta quickly followed Grandma's life path and

located her as a young girl living with her father and mother

in Marion County, Ohio. Father is Thompson Roberts and

Mother is Ruth last name unknown. Caroline's mother,

father and oldest brother were born in Pennsylvania, but

the rest of the family were born in Ohio. They were there

in 1840. Thompson Roberts was surely Welch like our

Powells. He may be related to Mathias Roberts who

married Rebecca Thompson. During the Rev. War, Rebecca

made it to the blockhouse with two small sons and survived

an Indian massacre. Was one of the sons Grandpa?

Name: Thompson E. Roberts
Sex: M
Birth: 27 Jun 1805 in Pennsylvania
Death: 13 Feb 1867 in Ohio
Burial: Marion Co., Ohio

1850 family is in Scott Twp, Marion Co. Ohio. In 1860

Thompson, Ruth and 3 sons are on same page of census

as daughter Caroline Thomas and Josephine Clark in

Marshall Co. Iowa.A. M. Roberts age 38 born Pennsylvania

is listing right above Thompson Roberts on 1860 census.

[wife Mary F. age 28 born Ohio, dau Ella E. age 7

(1853) b. Illinois, Effia E. age 6 (1854) b. Iowa,

Emma age 1 b. Iowa, Cynthia Roberts age 51 (1809) born Ohio.

This must the the Augustus Roberts on the 1850 census.

1840 census Thompson E. Roberts is on Marion Co.

Ohio census1-0-1-1-0-1 / 2-1-1-0-1.Marion Co. Ohio

websitehttp://www.heritagepursuit.com/Marion/

Cemeteries/marp-q-r.htm

ROBERTS, Thompson E. d Feb 13 1867

Aged: 61y 7m 16d Caledonia Old (13)

Claridon birth day calculates to June 27, 1805

NO.13 CALEDONIA CEMETERY, OLD Compiled by Jim

and Barbara Midlam and Mary Brocklesby on April 16, 1977.

The cemetery is located in Section 1 of Claridon Township,

100 feet East of County Road 194 (Caledonia Northern Rd),

200 feet north of County Road 114 , containing .57 acres.

There is a fence on three sides and it is fairly well kept.

Many of the stones are broken and crumbled. Most of the

stones are not in their Original position. The graveyard

was laid out and dedicated about the year 1824-25.

It is situated on the west bank of the Whetstone River

within the limits of the village of Caledonia. It was the

first burying ground in Claridon Township and many of

the early pioneers were buried here. The cemetery contains

the remains of two or three Revolutionary War Veterans of

which only John Irey has been identified. The 1883 Marion

County History states that this cemetery was in poor

condition at that time. The site was used by the public until

April 1875 when a new cemetery association

was formed. (#12 of Marion County Cemeteries)

Marriage 1 Ruth R. b: Abt 1805 in Pennsylvania
Married: Children
Augustus P. Roberts b: 1821 in Pennsylvania
Jane E. Roberts b: Oct 1824 in Ohio
Josephine Roberts b: Abt 1828 in Ohio
Sam Roberts b: 1830 in Ohio
Caroline Roberts b: Nov 1834 in Ohio
Robert R. Roberts b: 1837 in Ohio
James Roberts b: 1841 in Ohio

Grandma and Grandpa, we will keep searching for you!

This Church is in Rule, AR. Wonder what Claridon Cemetery

looks like?