Anna Barbara "Annie" Roberts

On January 11, 1837 as Annie Gibson, she married W. Milnor Roberts in New York City.

Public Ledger Saturday, September 5, 1857 Philadelphia, Pennyslvania Died At Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on Monday evening, August 28, Mrs. Annie Gibson Roberts, wife of W. Milnor Roberts, Civil Engineer and daughter of the late Chief Justice Gibson. [Western papers please copy.]

Memoirs Of John Bannister Gibson, Late Chief Justice Of Pennsylvania by Thomas P. Roberts, Joseph Eichbaum & Co., Pittsburgh, 1890. Annie Barbara Gibson was married to W. Milnor Roberts, January 5th, 1837. Mr. Roberts was a civil engineer, commencing his active life in that profession while a boy of fifteen, in 1825, on the first canal attempted in Pennsylvania. Eventually he became chief engineer of public works in the State service. His name and service were intimately connected with the Portage Railroad, Harrisburg & Lancaster, Cumberland Valley, Allegheny Valley, among the earlier works. In 1858 he went to Brazil, remaining until 1865, during which period, in company with Mr. Jacob Humbird and other Americans, built the first railroad, the Great Dom Pedro II Railroad, in that country and later he was associate chief engineer St. Louis Bridge, chief of the Northern Pacific, charge of Ohio River improvement, under appointment of Secretary of War Stanton, etc.

In 1879, accepting an appointment from the Emperor of Brazil as chief of the commissioners of hydraulic engineers on the improvement of rivers and harbors in the Brazilian empire, he went to that country for the last time, where he died July 14th, 1881. His remains were brought to this country in the following year and buried in Philadelphia, his native city. Mrs. Roberts died in Carlisle, August 28t, 1857 and is buried in her father’s lot in the cemetery at that place.

The children of W. Milnor and Annie Roberts are as follows: (1st) William Milnor Roberts [died 1920]. At present on his farm Riverside on the Potomac River, near Cumberland, Maryland. He married in 1864 in Brazil, South America, Elizabeth, a daughter of Jacob Humbird, of Cumberland, Maryland. They have eight children.

(2d) John Bannister Gibson Roberts. Recently chief engineer and superintendent of the West Wisconsin Railroad and connected with other roads in the Northwest and Texas. At present in the engineering department of the Edison Electric Light Company. He is married to Jane, a daughter of Jacob Humbird Esq., of Cumberland, Maryland. They have one child, a son.

(3d) Thomas Paschall Roberts, civil engineer, connected in past years with various railroads and river improvements in government service. At present chief engineer Monongahela Navigation Company, Pittsburgh. Married June 8th, 1870, to Juliet, a daughter of James M. Christy Esq., of Pittsburgh; five children living, one dead.

(4th) George Gibson Roberts, assistant engineer on various public works. At present in Carlisle. Unmarried.

(4th) Annie Gibson Roberts. Married Captain George W. Yates, Seventh Cavalry, United States Army, who lost his life at the side of General Custer, in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Montana, July 1876. Mrs. Yates has three children and resided in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

(6th) Richard Anderson Roberts. At present secretary and auditor of the Manufacturers’ Natural Gas Company, Pittsburgh. Married Lelia P. Christy, daughter of James M. Christy.

(7th) Charles Watts Roberts, died in infancy.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 3 2020, 21:42:34 UTC

On January 11, 1837 as Annie Gibson, she married W. Milnor Roberts in New York City.

Public Ledger Saturday, September 5, 1857
Philadelphia, Pennyslvania
Died
At Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on Monday evening, August 28, Mrs. Annie Gibson Roberts, wife of W. Milnor Roberts, Civil Engineer and daughter of the late Chief Justice Gibson. [Western papers please copy.]

Memoirs Of John Bannister Gibson, Late Chief Justice Of Pennsylvania by Thomas P. Roberts, Joseph Eichbaum & Co., Pittsburgh, 1890.
Annie Barbara Gibson was married to W. Milnor Roberts, January 5th, 1837. Mr. Roberts was a civil engineer, commencing his active life in that profession while a boy of fifteen, in 1825, on the first canal attempted in Pennsylvania. Eventually he became chief engineer of public works in the State service. His name and service were intimately connected with the Portage Railroad, Harrisburg & Lancaster, Cumberland Valley, Allegheny Valley, among the earlier works. In 1858 he went to Brazil, remaining until 1865, during which period, in company with Mr. Jacob Humbird and other Americans, built the first railroad, the Great Dom Pedro II Railroad, in that country and later he was associate chief engineer St. Louis Bridge, chief of the Northern Pacific, charge of Ohio River improvement, under appointment of Secretary of War Stanton, etc.

In 1879, accepting an appointment from the Emperor of Brazil as chief of the commissioners of hydraulic engineers on the improvement of rivers and harbors in the Brazilian empire, he went to that country for the last time, where he died July 14th, 1881. His remains were brought to this country in the following year and buried in Philadelphia, his native city. Mrs. Roberts died in Carlisle, August 28t, 1857 and is buried in her father’s lot in the cemetery at that place.

The children of W. Milnor and Annie Roberts are as follows:
(1st) William Milnor Roberts [died 1920]. At present on his farm Riverside on the Potomac River, near Cumberland, Maryland. He married in 1864 in Brazil, South America, Elizabeth, a daughter of Jacob Humbird, of Cumberland, Maryland. They have eight children.

(2d) John Bannister Gibson Roberts. Recently chief engineer and superintendent of the West Wisconsin Railroad and connected with other roads in the Northwest and Texas. At present in the engineering department of the Edison Electric Light Company. He is married to Jane, a daughter of Jacob Humbird Esq., of Cumberland, Maryland. They have one child, a son.

(3d) Thomas Paschall Roberts, civil engineer, connected in past years with various railroads and river improvements in government service. At present chief engineer Monongahela Navigation Company, Pittsburgh. Married June 8th, 1870, to Juliet, a daughter of James M. Christy Esq., of Pittsburgh; five children living, one dead.

(4th) George Gibson Roberts, assistant engineer on various public works. At present in Carlisle. Unmarried.

(4th) Annie Gibson Roberts. Married Captain George W. Yates, Seventh Cavalry, United States Army, who lost his life at the side of General Custer, in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Montana, July 1876. Mrs. Yates has three children and resided in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

(6th) Richard Anderson Roberts. At present secretary and auditor of the Manufacturers’ Natural Gas Company, Pittsburgh. Married Lelia P. Christy, daughter of James M. Christy.

(7th) Charles Watts Roberts, died in infancy.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 22 2022, 0:27:12 UTC