Descendants of Monday Robershaw

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  MONDAY1 ROBERSHAW was born Abt. 1836 in France.  He married SARA ROUSE Abt. June 1870 in Cornwall, Cherokee Co. Alabama, daughter of JOHN ROUSE and FRANCES SANFORD.  She was born December 07, 1851 in Harralson Co. Georgia, and died March 08, 1920.

 

Notes for MONDAY ROBERSHAW:

Monday Robershaw according to all the census's his children filled out was from France. On the 1870 census in Cherokee Co. Alabama,he was boarding with the Rouse Family and his name was Monday Robershaw and he was working on the  railroad. Later that year the Rouse Family was recorded on the Polk County Georgia census. However Monday and Sara were not there? It is my belief, that they stayed in Cherokee, Alabama. Apparently he took quiet a bit of kidding about the name Monday! Later he apparently was going by Robert Robershaw, on the death certificate for his daughter Sara Aliss Hudgins. Bose Hudgins put down her Fathers name was Robert Robbashaw?? Anyhow Monday was quiet a poplar name during that time frame, on the 1880 census in Georgia, there were 88 men with the name Monday, and that does not include the ones that spelled their names Mundy!!

    

Children of MONDAY ROBERSHAW and SARA ROUSE are:

                   i.    SARA ALLIS2 ROBERSHAW, b. May 01, 1871, Cherokee Co. Alabama.

                  ii.    GEORGE WASHINGTON ROBERSHAW, b. November 24, 1874, Georgia.

2.              iii.    WILLIAM WESLEY ROBERSHAW, b. February 22, 1878, Marrieta, Georgia; d. May 09, 1936, Alabama.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  WILLIAM WESLEY2 ROBERSHAW (MONDAY1) was born February 22, 1878 in Marrieta, Georgia, and died May 09, 1936 in Alabama.  He married MARY ISA DORA GALBREATH, daughter of WESLEY GALBREATH.  She was born May 17, 1883 in Cottagehill ,St.Clair co. Alabama, and died June 14, 1955 in Gadsden,Alabama.

 

Notes for WILLIAM WESLEY ROBERSHAW:

William Wesley Robershaw worked in lumber mills, cotton mills, and was working as a teamster for Alabama City in 1930. The Robershaw Family was living in a area of Etowah Co, Alabama called Clear Creek in 1936 when Grandfather Robershaw came in from working in the field, complained about being tired and fell across the bed dead! There was some conjecture that gangrene had infected a cut on his leg causing and apparent heart attack!

 

More About WILLIAM WESLEY ROBERSHAW:

Burial: May 12, 1936, Clayton Cemetary,Alabama City, Alabama

 

More About MARY ISA DORA GALBREATH:

Burial: Clayton cemetary,Alabama City,Alabama

    

Children of WILLIAM ROBERSHAW and MARY GALBREATH are:

                   i.    HOWARD3 ROBERSHAW, b. Abt. 1897.

 

Notes for HOWARD ROBERSHAW:

Howard only lived 13 months according to Memorial Book for his Mom, Maggie Galbreath!

 

3.               ii.    WILLIAM ZELTON ROBERSHAW, b. August 26, 1899, Alabama; d. October 07, 1975, Columbiana , Alabama.

4.              iii.    LESTER BLANCHE ROBERSHAW, b. January 11, 1902, Alabama; d. June 23, 1963, Etowah Co. Alabama.

                 iv.    HERMAN ROBERSHAW, b. Abt. 1904.

 

Notes for HERMAN ROBERSHAW:

Herman lived only 6 weeks. Cause of death unknown, source his Mom's Memorial Book!

 

5.               v.    O B ROBERSHAW, b. November 09, 1906, Brompton, Alabama; d. September 24, 1995, San Diego, California.

6.              vi.    A G ROBERSHAW, b. April 13, 1909, Blount Co. Alabama; d. April 1975, Etowah Co. Alabama.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  WILLIAM ZELTON3 ROBERSHAW (WILLIAM WESLEY2, MONDAY1) was born August 26, 1899 in Alabama, and died October 07, 1975 in Columbiana , Alabama.  He married DOVIE MCCLAIN September 18, 1920 in Alabama City, Alabama, daughter of WILLIE MCCLAIN and SARAH GUTHEY.  She was born February 10, 1900 in Alabama, and died October 07, 1988 in Columbiana ,Alabama.

 

Notes for WILLIAM ZELTON ROBERSHAW:

William Zelton Robershaw was a typical hard worker, he worked in several cotton mills in the Etowah County until about 1947, when he moved the Family to the farm in the Walnut Grove area. I will always remember him on the farm, and the times my Dad & and I would spend the day hunting rabbits with his son Ralph and the black hounds he was so proud of ! Afterward he would send us home with a bag of vegetales from the garden.  He like his brother A G was also a Baptist Minister.

    

Children of WILLIAM ROBERSHAW and DOVIE MCCLAIN are:

                   i.    JAMES WILLARD4 ROBERSHAW, b. July 24, 1921, Alabama; d. December 08, 1939, Steele, Alabama.

 

More About JAMES WILLARD ROBERSHAW:

Burial: Clayton cemetary,Alabama City,Alabama

 

                  ii.    J. E. ROBERSHAW, b. January 28, 1923, Alabama1; d. July 19, 19841; m. (1) WILA DEAN MCCORMACK; b. July 26, 1925, Alabama; d. November 08, 1987, Warren Michigan; m. (2) OSIE WARD, March 02, 1957.

                 iii.    WILLIAM ACTON ROBERSHAW, b. September 20, 1925; d. January 02, 1997, Colunbiana,Alabama; m. (1) AUDREY; b. October 22, 1924, Alabama; d. March 28, 1999, Columbiana ,Alabama; m. (2) OCTAVIOUS WOODS.

 

Notes for WILLIAM ACTON ROBERSHAW:

Nickname- Whitey

 

                 iv.    R T ROBERSHAW, b. August 08, 1927; d. October 08, 1927.

                  v.    OPAL ROBERSHAW, b. August 12, 1928, Alabama; d. July 12, 1997, Alabama; m. FRED HILL.

                 vi.    RALPH TALMADGE ROBERSHAW, b. September 22, 1930, Alabama; d. August 09, 1957, Chicago,Illinois; m. BETTY JEAN FORD; b. May 06, 1932.

 

More About RALPH TALMADGE ROBERSHAW:

Burial: Mount PleasantCemetary , Egypt, Alabama

 

                vii.    JOYCE ROBERSHAW, b. April 03, 1933, Alabama; m. HARLIS DINGLER.

               viii.    BILLY RAY ROBERSHAW, b. November 12, 1936, Etowah Co.,Alabama; m. GLENDA COCHRAN, June 10, 1957, Walnut Grove, Alabama; b. Etowah Co.,Alabama.

 

Notes for BILLY RAY ROBERSHAW:

Billy Ray played football for Walnut High School, and one time he had gotten hurt ! Anyhow it was fun to listen to his Mom, Aunt Dovie tell about how those BIG OLE BOY'S on the other team were trying to kill her son BIlly!! I'm sure she was just a typical Mom, concerned for her son!!

 

                  ix.    CHARLES BETHEL ROBERSHAW, b. May 01, 1939, Alabama; d. February 26, 1998, Sterrett,Alabama; m. MARTHA CAMPBELL.

                   x.    ELISABETH ANN ROBERSHAW, b. April 18, 1942, Alabama; m. ROBERT E. SALERS.

 

 

4.  LESTER BLANCHE3 ROBERSHAW (WILLIAM WESLEY2, MONDAY1) was born January 11, 1902 in Alabama, and died June 23, 1963 in Etowah Co. Alabama.  He married (1) FLOSSIE BROWN.    He married (2) OPAL PAULINE LONG March 12, 1937 in Alabama City, Alabama.  She was born January 20, 1917 in Alabama, and died October 05, 1989 in Etowah Co. Alabama.

 

Notes for LESTER BLANCHE ROBERSHAW:

In 1920 Lester was Working in the cotton mill in Alabama City, In 1930 he was working in the steel plant, he worked there for most of his life until he was injured!! After that he farmed for several years and also worked for a saw mill co. He had a serious stroke paralyzing his side, arm, it also affected his speech, several years before he passed away.

 

More About LESTER BLANCHE ROBERSHAW:

Burial: Gallant Baptist Church, Cemetery Etowah Co. Alabama

 

More About OPAL PAULINE LONG:

Burial: Gallant Baptist Church, Cemetery Etowah Co. Alabama

    

Children of LESTER ROBERSHAW and FLOSSIE BROWN are:

                   i.    LESLIE BURTON4 ROBERSHAW, b. November 14, 1927; d. December 11, 1927, Alabama.

                  ii.    HAROLD LOYD ROBERSHAW, b. September 08, 1929, Alabama; d. June 21, 1980, West Covina , California; m. (1) JOSEPHINE MAY KELSO; b. May 05, 1910; d. December 1986, California; m. (2) MARTHA JOSEPHINE CONNER; b. November 26, 1929, Battle Creek,Michigan; m. (3) ROSEMARY KEFER; b. November 14, 1935.

 

More About HAROLD LOYD ROBERSHAW:

Burial: Forrest Lawn Cemetary, West Covina

 

    

Child of LESTER ROBERSHAW and OPAL LONG is:

                 iii.    HALBERT DEWEY4 ROBERSHAW, b. January 27, 1938, Alabama; m. (1) DAWN CICERCIO; m. (2) DORA JOHNSON; b. May 08, 1947.

 

 

5.  O B3 ROBERSHAW (WILLIAM WESLEY2, MONDAY1) was born November 09, 1906 in Brompton, Alabama, and died September 24, 1995 in San Diego, California.  He married LOIS ESTELLE LOVE.  She was born August 13, 1907 in Clay co. Alabama, and died November 05, 1993 in Vista, California.

 

Notes for O B ROBERSHAW:

O B Robershaw had several occupations, he worked clearing wood in the Cherokee Basin after he was first married,later he worked in cotton mills, steel mills, saw mills, and the shell plant during the war years, then he went back to his first love running a stone quarry! He furnished the stone and contracted the first phase of the Park [ Noccalula Falls ] He was in the masonry industry until he retired at the age of 65.

    

Children of O ROBERSHAW and LOIS LOVE are:

                   i.    REGINALD CLAYTON4 ROBERSHAW, b. December 25, 1927, Langdale ,Alabama; m. (2) PHYLLIS WIEDEMAN, November 24, 1957; m. (3) MARGARET JOAN ATTERBURY, November 25, 1992, Pacific Beach Methodist Church,San Diego ,California; b. July 21, 1939, England.

 

Notes for REGINALD CLAYTON ROBERSHAW:

Reginald joined the Navy in 1948, to keep from being drafted into the Army! He was sent to San Diego, California for basic training and when they found out he could type, he spent the whole four years there without having any sea duty! We came out {the rest of family} in 1951 for a visit, not knowing that in a few more years Mom & Dad would move the family to San Diego.  After Reggie got out of the Navy he enrolled at San Diego State University, and announced he was staying in Ca. He later went on to become a school teacher in the Chula Vista school district, teaching fourth & fifth grade until he retired. He has had a part time job with National Car Rental at the airport for several years now.

 

                  ii.    OLIN ROBERSHAW, b. November 16, 1929, Langdale ,Alabama; d. December 25, 1929.

 

Notes for OLIN ROBERSHAW:

Died of pneumonia                                                                                                       

 

                 iii.    WILLIE JACK ROBERSHAW, b. July 25, 1931, Alabama City, Alabama; d. May 17, 1986, Columbus, Georgia; m. JUANITA LECROY, May 26, 1951, Pheonix City, Alabama; b. March 27, 1932, Alabama City, Alabama.

 

Notes for WILLIE JACK ROBERSHAW:

Willie Jack served 25 years { three as paratrooper} in the army, he retired in Columbus, Ga. where he served his basic training for the paratroopers! He worked several years for Dolly Madison Bakery, where he died one day with congestive heart failure!

 

More About WILLIE JACK ROBERSHAW:

Burial: May 20, 1986, Columbus, Georgia ,Park Hill ,cemetary

 

                 iv.    SYLVIA LEMERLE ROBERSHAW, b. March 11, 1933, Etowah co. Alabama; m. (1) JESSIE CLARENCE LUNSFORD; b. November 17, 1930, Knoxville,Tennessee; m. (2) JIM GRAVES. Died Aprol 23, 2007 at San Diego, CA Buired at El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, CA. April 28, 2007.

                  v.    RONALD LOVE ROBERSHAW, b. March 06, 1937, Big Will Valley ,Etowah co. Alabama; m. (1) BARBARA JEAN REID, August 17, 1956, Trenton, Georgia; b. Alabama City, Alabama; m. (2) MARLENE MARCHESE, July 05, 1969, 1st. Southern Baptist Church, San Diego, California; b. December 04, 1934, San Diego, California.

 

Notes for RONALD LOVE ROBERSHAW:

I came to the San Diego area to find work about 1957, expecting to make enough money to return to Alabama in five years? That was 47 years ago, and have been married to Marlene, who is a California native for 39 years so it looks as if I will stay for the duration!! I have been retired for about 6 years now and have played enough golf so that I can occasionally shoot in the mid eighties!!! Love to work on the Family webpage and to find an extra cousin occasionally is exciting!

 

                 vi.    DONALD EARL ROBERSHAW, b. March 18, 1940, Etowah co. Alabama; m. (1) SHARON BROOKS; m. (2) SHARON TAYLOR, July 27, 1968, First Southern Baptist Church,San Diego,California.

 

Notes for DONALD EARL ROBERSHAW:

Donald has worked with Computers most of his life! He recalls that when he was a child visiting our Grandmother Love in LaFayette, Al. that we went to the local movie theater and the news reel had a highlite on one of the very first computers!! When he married his wife Sharon Taylor in San Diego, Ca. He was teaching a computer class at Coleman Colledge, however when the school became accredited he was not certified so he lost his job! As most wife's do Sharon convinced him that Texas was a better place to work and live, or it could have been the phone bill from calling her sisters that convinced him to try the job markrt there! Anyhow he has worked for several major contractors in the space industry and taught some evening classes at schools in the Houston area.

 

                vii.    LANORA LEVERLE ROBERSHAW, b. June 02, 1943, Etowah co. Alabama; m. CHARLES MONROE O'NEAL, May 18, 1963; b. August 15, 1942, Rotan, Texas.

 

 

6.  A G3 ROBERSHAW (WILLIAM WESLEY2, MONDAY1) was born April 13, 1909 in Blount Co. Alabama, and died April 1975 in Etowah Co. Alabama.  He married EULA AUDREY WALLACE December 10, 1931 in Alabama City, Alabama.  She was born May 10, 1917 in Cherokee Co. Alabama, and died December 26, 1963 in Etowah Co. Alabama.

 

Notes for A G ROBERSHAW:

A G Robershaw was a ordained Freewill Baptist Minister, and served numerous churches through Etowah County and the surrounding area. One of the last Churches he served was the Freewill Baptist in Chula Vista, Ca.

 

More About A G ROBERSHAW:

Burial: Cave Springs ,Community Church,Attalla Alabama

 

More About EULA AUDREY WALLACE:

Burial: Cave Springs ,Community Church,Attalla Alabama

    

Children of A ROBERSHAW and EULA WALLACE are:

                   i.    WILLIAM CLIFFORD4 ROBERSHAW, b. September 19, 1931, Alabama; d. September 23, 1979, Alabama; m. (1) MELBA ANN FRANCES; m. (2) GLORIA EPPERSON; m. (3) JO ANN HICKS; b. March 04, 1933, Alabama; d. November 15, 1990, Alabama.

 

More About WILLIAM CLIFFORD ROBERSHAW:

Burial: Liberty Baptist Church Cemetary in Collinsville, Al.

 

More About JO ANN HICKS:

Burial: Liberty Baptist Church Cemetary in Collinsville, Al.

 

                  ii.    ANDREW WALLACE ROBERSHAW, b. April 02, 1934, Alabama.

                 iii.    ROBERT LEVERLE ROBERSHAW, b. July 18, 1936; m. (1) ARLENE DRAKE; m. (3) KATRINA COUCH; m. (4) BEVERLY.

                 iv.    LURA MAE ROBERSHAW, b. June 29, 1940, Alabama; m. BOBBY MARTIN, December 18, 1956, LaMar Co, @ Military Baptist Church; b. July 12, 1937, Oloh, Mississippi.

                  v.    CAROLYN ROBERSHAW, b. May 11, 1944, Alabama; m. (1) BEFORD ROBERTSON; m. (2) FRANKLIN DEWAYNE ALEXANDER.

                 vi.    AUBREY GERALD ROBERSHAW, b. May 04, 1942, Alabama; d. October 10, 1989, Chicago ,Illinois; m. (1) ELISBETH NOLAN; m. (2) SANDY.

                vii.    WESLEY RUSSELL ROBERSHAW, b. January 09, 1948, Gadsden,Alabama; m. (2) LINDA KAY BOLIN; m. (3) LUCY GARCIA; b. Mexico; m. (4) NICOLASAS RIVERA; b. Mexico; m. (5) ROSAURA LANDA, September 02, 1977, La Cruces ,New Mexico.

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Genealogy.com, Family Archive #110, Social Security Death Index: U.S. Ed. 9, Social Security Death Index,  (Release date: April 10, 2000), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.112.9.75714.69.