Other Events and Attributes:

• alt birth: Grand Forks, , North Dakota, U.S.A.; attestion papers
• Gravestone: Forester's Falls, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; Killed in Action in France WW I; Address:
  Howard Cemetery
  Forester's Falls, Ontario
  Canada
• Name: Clarence D Roberts
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Military: 19 Jun 1916, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 50th Batallion, Canadian Infantry, Albert Regiment; service #895160

Notes:

ROBERTS 1891 census @ca.on.113i2 family 085 @ca.on.renfrew.ross division 2 p19 film t6365 10 ROBERTS George M 1891-37 married - Ont Que Ire Methodist farmer 11 ROBERTS { ? } Catherine F 1891-37 married wife Ont Ont Ont Methodist 12 ROBERTS Jane F 1891-13 - dtr Ont Ont Ont Methodist 13 ROBERTS Mabel F 1891-9 - dtr Ont Ont Ont Methodist 14 ROBERTS Maggie F 1891-7 - dtr Ont Ont Ont Methodist 15 ROBERTS Elizabeth F 1891-6 - dtr Ont Ont Ont Methodist 16 ROBERTS William M 1891-4 - son Ont Ont Ont Methodist 17 ROBERTS Charles M 1891-3 - son Ont Ont Ont Methodist 18 ROBERTS Myrtle F 1891-9/12 - dtr Ont Ont Ont Methodist Perth Courier, March 29, 1918 Charles D. Roberts, son of George Roberts of Cobden went west a few yea rs go and was employed in a bank at Winnipeg. From there he went furth er west and had the misfortune to be caught in a snow slide and the repo rt went out that he had been killed. But he had not and in the early da ys of the war he enlisted and went to the front. There he was gassed a nd his sister Mrs. (Rev.) May saw his name in the casualty lists and wro te to the address given and to her surprise and joy she received a rep ly to her letter from her brother.

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Military:
b. Grand Forks, ND April 23, 1888
Grain Buyer
fiancee Miss Louise MacFarlane, Mecheche, Alberta
age 28 years & 1 month
5' 5 1/2", 145 lbs.
Enlisted into 191st Batallion
Fair complexion, grey brown eyes and dark hair
Embarked in Halifax aboard Sanonia on Mar 28, 1917
Proceeded to 50th Batallion in field Jun 21, 1917
Oct 1, 1917 suffered gas poisoning; returned to duty Oct 5th
"Killed in Action"
Hit in the abdomen by shrapnel and killed, during a slight withdrawal in the vicinity of Hallu.