Birth: 1813 Ireland
Birth of Daughter: 31 OCT 1836
Name: Jane McRoberts
Place: Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland
Note: According to ship passenger lists she was born about 1834.
According to her tombstone she was born in 1836. According to her death record, she
was born in 1837.
Birth of Son: 22 FEB 1839
Name: Charles McRoberts
Place: Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland
Note: According to ship passenger lists he was born about 1835.
Birth of Daughter: 22 MAY 1841
Name: Mary Ann McRoberts
Place: Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland
Note: According to ship passenger lists she was born about 1839.
Birth of Daughter: 11 AUG 1842
Name: Sarah McRoberts
Place: Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland
Note: According to ship passenger lists she was born about 1841.
Birth of Son: 02 JUL 1846
Name: William McRoberts
Place: Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland
Note: According to ship passenger lists he was born about 1843
Birth of Son: ABT 1846
Name: Samuel McRoberts
Place: Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland
Note: According to ship passenger lists he was born about 1849. .
Immigration: 26 JUN 1849
Place: From Belfast, Ireland
Note: Ship Passenger Lists of the "Shelton".
Note: William came from Ireland to Canada and then to
the Troy area. They settled on John R. Rd near 15 Mile Rd, Oakland Co, Michigan. It is
said that several brothers came over with William and that some of them settled in
Pennsylvania. During those first years they lost contact with each other.
Birth of Daughter: ABT 1849
Name: Nancy McRoberts
Place: Michigan
Birth of Daughter: ABT 1850
Name: Eliza McRoberts
Note: Family records state that she was born July 8, 1847 but that can't be
right because she wasn't listed on the ship records of 1849 and she wasn't listed on the
1850 census.
Land Owner: Royal Oak Twp, Oakland Co, Michigan.
Note: Owned 500 acres.
1850 Census:
19 SEP 1850
Place: Royal Oak Twp, Oakland Co, Michigan
Note: Wife, Mary, and seven children were living in household.
Birth of Son: 05 JUL 1854
Name: Alexander McRoberts
