Person:Jennet McRoberts (1)
Jennet A McRoberts
b.Cal 3 Oct 1801 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
d.8 Mar 1888 Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  _____ Eye
  • W.  Jennet A McRobertsCal 1801 - 1888
m. Bef 1818
  1. _____ Eye
  2. Rizpah Elizabeth EyeAbt 1818 -
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  • H.  Noah Mayo1799 - 1872
  • W.  Jennet A McRobertsCal 1801 - 1888
m. 4 Dec 1837
  1. Samuel A. Mayo1839 - 1844
  2. Henry Alfred Mayo1842 - 1922
  3. Pamelia Ann Mayo1844 - 1927
  4. Mary O. Mayo1846 - 1847
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Name Jennet A McRoberts
Alt Name[3] Janet McRoberts
Gender Female
Birth[4] Cal 3 Oct 1801 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage Bef 1818 to _____ Eye
Marriage 4 Dec 1837 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Noah Mayo
Death[1][4] 8 Mar 1888 Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Janette McRoberts - born Oct. 3, 1801 at Prito, Nova Scotia married when very young a man by the name of eye, had two children and divorced him. Her father was lost at sea before she was born, but her mother lived to be 100 years old and died when her great great grandchild’s baby was six months old making six living generations.

Janette McRoberts Eye had two children: Elizabeth born Feb. 17th 1818 and a son lost at sea.

Her daughter Elizabeth had a son Charles who was in the battle of the Merrimac and was so badly wounded that he was thought to be dead. After the wounded had been cared for, and the dead were being cared for , they found him still alive. Nurses were scarce, so his mother Elizabeth Eye Dunlap started for Washington, D.C. almost penniless. Somehow or other by many times telling her story she reached Washington, to find that she could not enter the hospital without a permit from President Lincoln. The door keeper upon hearing her story soon obtained for her an audience with Lincoln and her permit was granted. Her son recovered but always carried a big scar on his side. Coming home from Washington, the story got around and at several stops, they were warmly welcomed and collections taken at several places. A wheel chair being among the gifts.

Janette McRoberts had one own brother who was lost at sea, her mother married again and had children by the name of Huntley.

References
  1. ↑ Jonette C Mayo, in Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [1].
  2.   Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, in Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
    line 43.
  3. ↑ Janet McRobert Mayo, in Find A Grave.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Amherst (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1739-1891. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1959)
    [2].

    Deaths registered in Amherst in the year 1888.
    No.: 17
    Date of Death: Mch 8 [1888]
    Name: Jenette A Mayo / J. A. McRoberts
    Age: 86 y. 5 m. 5 d. [birth calculates to about 3 Oct 1801]
    Place of Death: Amherst
    Condition: Widow
    Occupation: At home
    Place of Birth: Halifax N S
    Parents: W'm McRoberts Scotlan / Rispah (---) New Haven
    Cause: Old Age
    Place of Interment: Amherst
    Undertaker: E D Marsh
    When Registered: Mch 8

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