MRS. MARGARET ELLEN ROBERTS.
WIFE OF FORMER PASTOR OF WELSH CHURCH.
At an early hour Sunday morning, Mrs Margaret E. Roberts passed away, after having survived her husband, the Rev. Joseph Roberts. D.D., by just one year.Mrs. Roberts was a native of Wales, having benn born in Festiniog, Merionethshire, on July 9th 1846. Her maiden name was Margaret E. Cadwalader. The family came to this country in 1850, when crossing the Atlantic was slow and uncomfortable. They settled in the district of Slatington Pa. for a time, then moved to Middle Granville. N.Y., and in 1856, they came and settled on a farm at Fox Lake, Wisconsin.
In 1873 she was married in New York City to the Rev. Joseph Roberts, who at that time was in charge of the Welsh churches at Pouteney N.Y. She resided there for about two years and until her husband was called to take charge of the Welsh churches at Racine in 1875, and they remained in this city until 1889, when they moved to Minneapolis to minister to the Welsh people in that city. In about five years, they were invited to New York and there they resided until 1916, when her husband retired from his ministerial charges and they decided to spend the remaining days among their host of admiring friends in Racine.
Mrs. Roberts was a kind hearted woman who entered fully into the life of the churches in charge of her husband, and was beloved by all who knew her and will be greatly missed. She was a faithful member of the Welsh church in Racine, from where the funeral will take place on Wednesday, February 15.