Wonder if anyone is researching the Roberts and Roraback families (or if anyone had ancestors working at the U. N. Roberts Sash and Door company in Davenport and could tell me when it ceased to do business). Here is what I have. Isaac and Rhoda (Burroughs) Roraback arrived in Davenport around 1880 from South Bend,Indiana. Both were originally born in NY State. There were 5 surviving Roraback children: Julia Roraback ws born in 1836/38 in NY. She married U. N. Roberts (born in Wales) in 1868 in South Bend. he was the founder of a successful sash and door company which he started in 1866. U. N.Roberts had a brother, Edward L. Roberts, who married Julia's sister, Sarah Nellie Roraback -- so brothers married sisters. Julia and U. N. Roberts children were Edward C. Roberts born about 1872 and Horace G. Roberts, born about 1876. U. N. Roberts died in Davenport in 1877. Julia never remarried. George R. Roraback was born in 1829 and lived in Davenport until his death in 1911. His first wife was Margaret Lines by whom he had the following children: George Edward, Kate or Katherine, Herbert U., and Roy Roraback. His second wife was Maria Benedict and they had a daughter Marjorie H., who was a music teacher in Davenport. Uriah Roraback was President of U. N. Robert Company after U. N. Roberts's death in 1877. He moved to Minnesota in 1896/97 to run a branch of the U. N. Roberts Company there. He married Harriet E. Witherill in South Bend. They had at least 2 daughters: Marian R. and Myra C. (who married Dr. Raymond E. Peck) and perhaps others. Eliza B. Roraback married Marcus a Thompson in South Bend in 1870. They appear to have moved to Chicago rather than Davenport. Known children: Paul and Irving Thompson Sarah Nellie Roraback Roberts (mentioned above) also appears to have moved to Chicago from South Bend, rather than to Davenport. Edward L. Roberts had his own sash and door company in Chicago. Their children were Hugh M., Rhoda L., Catherine, Ruth and Edward L. Roberts, Jr. Would enjoy hearing from (and exchanging information with) anyone with information on these families. Joyce Steffel Chicago, IL