Wilford W. Roskelley





Wilford is Samuel & Mary Jane's son

 Janie & Wilford's Children:

William Roskelley's daughter

Samuel & Mary Jane's son

Samuel & Mary Jane's daughter

Samuel and Mary Roberts' daughter

Names

Do you have a relative that has an unsual name? Have you made fun of that name? I certainly have and I feel really bad about doing so now. Mary Leatha Roskelley is listed as just Leatha in the census, but the "a" looked like an "e" with another loop that made it look like a "r". This prompted me to make fun of the child named Leather. Turns out her name was Mary Leatha and she died when she was only 23 due to a heart attack while getting a tooth removed.
From now on I will refrain from making fun of unusual names. I apologize Mary Leatha Roskelley. :(

Johnsons

Eldon Johnson's parents (my great-grandparents)

   

  Eldon Johnson's brothers and sister

                                                                      (All graves are found in Logan Cemetery, Utah)

Samuel Roskelley-Sporcle Quiz!

http://www.sporcle.com/games/chloebear/Samroskelley

The quiz is still missing a lot of grandchildrens' names and dates, if you have more information to add to it please leave a comment on the blog. Thank You :)

Samuel Roskelley's family 1910 Censuses

1910 Series: T624, Roll: 1602

Page 237, ED# 30, sheet 1 A
Sarah Maud, Marriner, Clara, Lorenzo, Gilbert Roskelley.
William, Elizabeth, May F., William R., Wilford Watson.
Jacob, Sarah, Lloyd, Samuel H., Luella, Jennie Watson.

Page 248 ED# ? sheet 12B:
Wilford, Janie, Frank W., Loren Roskelley.
Samuel Jr., Agnes, Richard, Olive, Margaret Roskelley.

Page 246 ED# 36, sheet 16 A & B:
James, Frances, Aurelia, James, Druzilla, Francis, Henry, Edith, Unknown daughter, Unknown daughter, Unknown daughter, Unknown daughter, Dorris R. Roskelley
William, Margaret, Leslie, Zina, Bertha, Rebecca, Willard, Roxie Roskelley.

Samuel Roskelley's children in the Censuses

Samuel's wives are underlined, his children's names are in bold and italics
1900 Series T623, Roll 1682.Name: Sarah, Jacob, Lloyd Watson. ED# 84 Sheet B.
Samuel Jr. Agnes LeRoy, Olive, Richard, Margaret/Margarite Roskelley.
Sarah Maud, Marriner, Clara, Lorenzo, Gilbert Roskelley. ED# 84, sheet A.
Margaret, Emma, Charles Ora, Samuel Sr, Mary Jane, Wilford, Frederick, Florence, John Henry, George, Margaret, Martin Roskelley.
James, Frances, Aurelia, James, Druzilla, Francis, Henry, Edith, Elizabeth Roskelley. ED# 84 Sheet 10 A & B.
William, Elizabeth, Mary Watson. ED# 84 Sheet B.
William, Margaret, Izora, Leslie, Zina, Bertha, Rebecca Roskelley.  ED# 84 Sheet 13 B.
Henry, Hannah, Henry Newbold.  ED# 97 Sheet 3A.

Roskelleys in the Census

I don't want to pay the subscription fee to ancestry.com, but luckily my library lets patrons have access to Heritage Quest Online. HQO has census records (except for 1930) and I have been able to find many of Samuel Roskelley's wives and children (and even grandchildren).

Samuel Roskelley (and his kids) can be found in these censuses, Smithfield, Cache, Utah:
1870-Series: M593, Roll:1610, Page:169A
1880-Series: T9-1336, pages 208 A and B,
1900-Series:T623. Roll: 1682. Page: 343, image 3.
1910- Series: T624 Roll:1602

In the 1900 Census (Smithfield, Cache, Utah) Samuel's wife Sarah Maud Burton and their kids, Marriner, Clara, Lorenzo, & Gilbert, are listed under Sarah's maiden name. (Series: T623 Roll: 1682 Page: 351A. ED# 84).

Obviously, I do wish I could afford ancestry.com, because I would love to access birth, death, and military records.

Samuel Roskelley's wives

I'm a descendant of Mary Jane Rigby Roskelley .
(I did not get a picture of Mary Florence Kelsey, because she is not in the same area as the others-who are by Samuel).

Marriage order: 1-Rebecca Hendricks (1858), 2-Mary Roberts (1865), 3-Mary Kelsey (1867), 4-Mary Jane Rigby (1874), 5-Margaret Rigby (1882), 6-Sarah Maud Burton (1885).

Smithfield Cemetery

Uploading headstone pictures to http://www.findagrave.com/ (also check out www.namesinstone.com for maps cemeteries).
Majority of them are the Roskelley family, with a few Corbetts. (Both are related through my Grandma Viola).
Here are a couple:
Samuel Roskelley is my Great-Great-Grandfather (via Viola's father), he was married to six wives and had 30+ children!

Daniel & Alvaretta are my great-great-grandparents (via Viola's mother)

Both of these headstones are in the Smithfield Cemetery with a lot more Roskelleys.

Grandpa & Grandma Johnson

Viola Roskelley: b-02 April 1916 d-20 May 1999

Eldon Joseph Johnson: b-23 April 1916, d-02 Aug 1992

Married: 25 May 1940

Eldon & Viola's 50th Anniversary

(Children, Grandchildren & Great-grandchildren, in-laws)

Back row: Richard, Rodney, Rohn, Colby, Don, Stacie, Ryan, Tony, Chris, Kenny, Rusty, Lee, Dave.

Middle row: Janice, Kylee, Sharon, Eldon, Viola, Vonna, Joy, Zakk, JoAnna.

First row: Robert, Charity, Cindy, Justine, Randy, Debbie.

All together there are 17 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchild, with one on the way in May!

It would be great to have a party to celebrate Eldon & Viola's 70th anniversary this year, but everyone is so busy, it might be impossible to get everyone together.

We at least need an updated picture!

Grandpa & Grandma Clark

Francis & Florence Clark

Francis: b-09 Jul 1915 d-08 Mar 1984
Florence:b-07 Oct 1917, d-20 Oct 1978
Married: 27 Dec 1942, Alexandria, Va.

My Blog

My blog will have posts from my genealogy including photos, obituaries, and even family trees.
Surnames I'm "researching": (most of the research on some of these names has already been done!)
Clark, Johnson, Roskelley, Corbett
Burdick, Stroup, Ralston -Pennsylvania, New York, & Rhode Island

I hope to go to Logan & Smithfield Cemeteries soon to get pictures.
This might be boring to some people, but putting these pictures on the internet is a great way to keep them!