A few sentences heard in my lifetime..."Wasn't your Mother one of those RABLEE girls? " " Oh yes, Howard RIBLEY is your grandfather." " Now let's see, you are Ruth RUB-LEE's daughter." "Howard RUBBELEE is a nice man" Many others here pronounce it ROB LEE others say ROBE LEE....We favor the Rob lee pronounciation. If people erred on documents the way they do when they say it ...Lord knows where we came from! Maybe we are all RABLEEs. JEAN Hope you don't mind the touch of "humor".

I agree with you Bergetta. Spelling was very fluid even into the 1800s. Focusing on the way a name sounds is much more productive. It is for this reason that I think the Rapalje theory is plausible - I probably wouldn't go all the way to probable! We see Rublear and Rublier in Huntington. I have assumed that those would be pronounced like a French word - without the English-sounding R at the end. Who knows. So, how do you say your name? In my mind, I have always pronouce it just as it is spelled: Ber (like burr) - get - ta Cindy -----Original Message----- From: Bergetta Monroe [mailto:bergetta@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 10:28 AM To: ROBLEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: ROBLEE-D Digest V04 #84 With all the comments on spelling I think it is time to mention that spelling, in many cases, followed the pronunciation of the name. In the case of my first name it is interesting to me to hear how people pronounce it. If I tell people my name I'm almost always asked what they call me. If I am introduced the question doesn't come up. Interesting. And even when I say it repeatedly and give the clue, "How do you forget a Bergetta" I still get German and Scandinavian slants on the pronunciation. My own mother used to say BRAgetta. Not! The other ways are Beeer git ta, also wrong. Now I'm alive and I can spell, so imagine the people with one accent saying it to a person with another accent. And imagine people who have it written in poor handwriting showing it to someone else to copy with poor handwriting. This cookie thinks we take spelling far too seriously in this century! 150 years ago it was not that constant a subject. In a couple hundred years thou and thine became you and yours! Bergetta ==== ROBLEE Mailing List ==== If you're a ROBLEE, you might be related to a BRADT/BROTT. Find out on the BRADT-L or BROTT-L lists at RootsWeb. Send "subscribe" message to [listname]-L-request@rootsweb.com

With all the comments on spelling I think it is time to mention that spelling, in many cases, followed the pronunciation of the name. In the case of my first name it is interesting to me to hear how people pronounce it. If I tell people my name I'm almost always asked what they call me. If I am introduced the question doesn't come up. Interesting. And even when I say it repeatedly and give the clue, "How do you forget a Bergetta" I still get German and Scandinavian slants on the pronunciation. My own mother used to say BRAgetta. Not! The other ways are Beeer git ta, also wrong. Now I'm alive and I can spell, so imagine the people with one accent saying it to a person with another accent. And imagine people who have it written in poor handwriting showing it to someone else to copy with poor handwriting. This cookie thinks we take spelling far too seriously in this century! 150 years ago it was not that constant a subject. In a couple hundred years thou and thine became you and yours! Bergetta

Is there a place with other Roblee pics? Does anyone know of any old paintings? I think the only ones I have ever seen are my GGrandmother and her sister, other than the live Roblees I knew growing up, of course. Phyllis Reed

Never underestimate the many ways a name can be mispelled! People often asked me why I insisted on keeping my (easily spelled) maiden name as part of the whole after I married a man named Doery. I always told them that at least people might be able to spell one of my 3 names correctly! Also there is the tale of the Cornwall/Cornwell brothers. After a family feud, one changed the spelling but they did not let a good burial plot go to waste even if they weren't on speaking terms! Both spellings made good use of it, even side by side, with the different spelling. Throw in the extreme anti-French sentiments after the French and Indian War and a name that might have had some remnants of French spelling could have been quickly transformed on the spot, without benefit of co-ordination with brothers or cousins. What's that you say? They mispelled the name on the militia rolls for a pension? Maybe it was easier to just sign the way the government had it down than to try and correct it! I have often felt that way after a round or two or three with the VA bureaucracy. I'm willing to keep an open mind, welcome all spellings and wait for the DNA or records to make a determination. Phyllis Reed Phyllis Reed

Interesting! I would second Doug's request for more information about the Rubley family's settlement in the colonies in the early 1700s. It would be great to be able to evaluation possible connections! Cindy Walcott Grand Isle, VT -----Original Message----- From: doug.detling@greencity.org [mailto:doug.detling@greencity.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:28 PM To: ROBLEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: Probable Origin of the Roblee Surname Jonathan, I am forwarding your kind words and thoughts to the Roblee mailing list as it may provoke some comments. I have no doubt that my of my colleagues will wish to comment on the possible (though you say "probable") origins of the surname. We have been working on these connections for years, and I because of the many spelling variations used in America, I would not safely conclude that the spelling was originally Rubley. It would be interesting if you would join the list (or I can subscribe you manually) and send some further information regarding the Swiss family origins with names, dates and locations, to see if we could identify the migration and indeed the original immigants and their locations in the colonies. Perhaps that would give us some additional clues as to the origins. Do you have information on the Rubley settlements in 1707 in the colonies. Doug _____ From: Jonathan Joyce [mailto:second.cheops@btinternet.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 3:04 PM To: doug.detling@greencity.org Subject: Probable Origin of the Roblee Surname Hi Doug, Thanks for your excellent site which I surfed onto via Google. I am interested in the RUBLEY surname and it appears that the ROBLEE surname (and others) is another version of RUBLEY. The RUBLEY surname originally belonged to a Protestant Swiss family.However,they were forced to leave their homes in a hurry as they fell foul of the Inquisition.(Some of them fled into Eastern Europe where the surname became RIBLI.)Most of them settled in Holland.However,in 1707,their was a big migration.Some of them fled to England but most of them seemed to go (with their Protestant friends of course) to America to seek their fortune.The year 1727,the year that you find the first ROBLEE is nicely situated roughly one generation after this mass migration. Regards, Jon ==== ROBLEE Mailing List ==== Please visit www.robleesonline.org.

Jonathan, I am forwarding your kind words and thoughts to the Roblee mailing list as it may provoke some comments. I have no doubt that my of my colleagues will wish to comment on the possible (though you say "probable") origins of the surname. We have been working on these connections for years, and I because of the many spelling variations used in America, I would not safely conclude that the spelling was originally Rubley. It would be interesting if you would join the list (or I can subscribe you manually) and send some further information regarding the Swiss family origins with names, dates and locations, to see if we could identify the migration and indeed the original immigants and their locations in the colonies. Perhaps that would give us some additional clues as to the origins. Do you have information on the Rubley settlements in 1707 in the colonies. Doug _____ From: Jonathan Joyce [mailto:second.cheops@btinternet.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 3:04 PM To: doug.detling@greencity.org Subject: Probable Origin of the Roblee Surname Hi Doug, Thanks for your excellent site which I surfed onto via Google. I am interested in the RUBLEY surname and it appears that the ROBLEE surname (and others) is another version of RUBLEY. The RUBLEY surname originally belonged to a Protestant Swiss family.However,they were forced to leave their homes in a hurry as they fell foul of the Inquisition.(Some of them fled into Eastern Europe where the surname became RIBLI.)Most of them settled in Holland.However,in 1707,their was a big migration.Some of them fled to England but most of them seemed to go (with their Protestant friends of course) to America to seek their fortune.The year 1727,the year that you find the first ROBLEE is nicely situated roughly one generation after this mass migration. Regards, Jon

In a message dated 8/25/04 5:01:44 AM, ROBLEE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I found a picture of Hosea Rood at: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allendon/MYHOMEPAGE/WHEELER-SMITH-R > OOD/wheeler-smith-rood.html > WOW!!!! Cindy have you been rummaging around in my "unidentified photos" suitcase?!!! I'm sooo excited...thanks!!! Glad I opened my mouth! Bergetta

Hello All, Thanks, Cindy, for posting the burials from Annapolis Co. Nova Scotia. All of them are part of the family tree which I keep having difficulty posting to WorldConnect at RootsWeb. There is one missing, though. Fifteen feet from the grave of Jeronimus Rapalie lies the grave of Thomas Robblee, d 4 Sep 1796. He was the brother of John, married Susannah Baker and he adopted John's oldest son, Thomas and made him his heir. After seeing these graves, and with the differences in those spellings, I have had extreme difficulty believing that there was any connection between the families. Jeronimus and Thomas, living and dying so close together did not seem to be aware they were related. Fall is arriving here and garden processing is in full swing. The weather cleared this AM and we barely missed having frost. Perhaps good weather will follow for a month or so, and the pumpkins will get large enough to use at Halloween. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

I looked at the Rood section in the Jericho History. Azaraiah Rood's son Thomas Drakely Rood b. 1767 moved to Wisconsin, probably late in life, with his son Lewis. b. 1809. Regarding Hoyt and Hinman -- these were surnames for 2 of William and Keturah (Baker) Robblee's daughters. Sarah m. John Hinman and Keturah/Catherine m. Seth Hoyt. These were Jerusha (Robblee/Rublee) Monroe's aunts and their husbands. Seth Hoyt had a brother Ezra, who had a son Otto. b. 1793. Otto Smith Hoyt was a graduate of Middlebury College and Princeton Seminary. He was a minister for more than forty years. I nosed around a bit to see if I could find a Sidney Hoyt, but no luck. I found a picture of Hosea Rood at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allendon/MYHOMEPAGE/WHEELER-SMITH-R OOD/wheeler-smith-rood.html It appears that Hosea is desc. from a Highgate, Franklin Co, VT Rood family. Cindy -----Original Message----- From: Bergetta Monroe [mailto:bergetta@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:22 AM To: ROBLEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: ROBLEE-D Digest V04 #82 I got into genealogy because my father was very interested in the subject and HE in turn got the bug from....(drum roll)...Hosea Rood who m. into the Monroe line. They had no children and lived in central Wisconsin. Also my grandfather was Sidney Hinman Monroe and I have always wondered how the Hinman got into the family. I could find no link to a family connection. Another brother of Sidney was Otto Hoyt Monroe. Again o clue on the Hoyt! So when I took a Scots Gaelic course from a professor at a college in Menomonee Wis and his name was Hoyt I found out he had a genealogy book on his family. I borrowed it for a week and found a very "admired" minister who would have been a contemporary of Sidney and Otto's father, Jason Monroe who m. Jerusha Rublee. It seems this minister, named Sidney Hoyt moved from the Jericho area to upstate NY and then back to a town 15 miles from Jericho. I called a horse farm in this area and asked how likely a family in the 1830-1945 area could go 15 miles on Sunday to a church service. the woman i talked to said it would have been a pice of cake because this is the area of the country where the Morgan horse was and they could work all day in the field doing farm work and then win a race that night! She said the typical thing at that time was to go to a church service for an hour or so and then all would have a picnic noon meal in the church yard and have the fellowship of the community and then return home in time for evening milking chores. The trip of 15 miles would have taken the family about an hour each way and this was very doable. Since the connection of the Hoyt family and this minister is in this book and since Sidney was about 2 when my family moved to Wisconsin and since Otto Hoyt Monroe was born after they got to Wisconsin and since Sidney was number 6 child and Otto number 8 and all the family names had been used by that time I think I may have found the reason for the Hoyt and Hinman names showing up in my people. It is the best story I've found so far to explain these names! Bergetta Monroe On Aug 24, 2004, at 1:03 AM, ROBLEE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Also, a couple of early settlers of Jericho were from Lanesborough, > MA. One > was William Smith. Another was Azariah Rood. > ==== ROBLEE Mailing List ==== If you're a ROBLEE, you might be related to a BRADT/BROTT. Find out on the BRADT-L or BROTT-L lists at RootsWeb. Send "subscribe" message to [listname]-L-request@rootsweb.com

I got into genealogy because my father was very interested in the subject and HE in turn got the bug from....(drum roll)...Hosea Rood who m. into the Monroe line. They had no children and lived in central Wisconsin. Also my grandfather was Sidney Hinman Monroe and I have always wondered how the Hinman got into the family. I could find no link to a family connection. Another brother of Sidney was Otto Hoyt Monroe. Again o clue on the Hoyt! So when I took a Scots Gaelic course from a professor at a college in Menomonee Wis and his name was Hoyt I found out he had a genealogy book on his family. I borrowed it for a week and found a very "admired" minister who would have been a contemporary of Sidney and Otto's father, Jason Monroe who m. Jerusha Rublee. It seems this minister, named Sidney Hoyt moved from the Jericho area to upstate NY and then back to a town 15 miles from Jericho. I called a horse farm in this area and asked how likely a family in the 1830-1945 area could go 15 miles on Sunday to a church service. the woman i talked to said it would have been a pice of cake because this is the area of the country where the Morgan horse was and they could work all day in the field doing farm work and then win a race that night! She said the typical thing at that time was to go to a church service for an hour or so and then all would have a picnic noon meal in the church yard and have the fellowship of the community and then return home in time for evening milking chores. The trip of 15 miles would have taken the family about an hour each way and this was very doable. Since the connection of the Hoyt family and this minister is in this book and since Sidney was about 2 when my family moved to Wisconsin and since Otto Hoyt Monroe was born after they got to Wisconsin and since Sidney was number 6 child and Otto number 8 and all the family names had been used by that time I think I may have found the reason for the Hoyt and Hinman names showing up in my people. It is the best story I've found so far to explain these names! Bergetta Monroe On Aug 24, 2004, at 1:03 AM, ROBLEE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Also, a couple of early settlers of Jericho were from Lanesborough, > MA. One > was William Smith. Another was Azariah Rood. >

I have long pondered the connection of the Rublee family of Berkshire, VT to Jericho, VT, which was quite a jaunt at that time. The connection comes up a number of times. One example is Bergetta's ancestor Jerusha Rublee who married Jason Monroe of Jericho. Jerusha's sister Almira married Quincy Hall, of Jericho. Her brother Hiram lived in Jericho for a time and buried his first and second wives there. These are all children of Hiram Rublee of Berkshire. Today I borrowed the Jericho history from the library, as I have several times before, to give it one more look. I found something I hadn't found before. Francis M. Rublee, born 1816, son of Francis Rublee and Eloise Gray, was a student in 1835 at the Jericho Academy. He left within the year for Wisconsin. He was Jerusha's 1st cousin. Also, a couple of early settlers of Jericho were from Lanesborough, MA. One was William Smith. Another was Azariah Rood. There were family connections between the Robblee/Rublees and the Smiths, although I can't tie William into any of the connected Smith families. Well, I haven't solved it, but thought I would add this tidbit to the archives. Cindy Walcott

These are from the newenglandancestors.org website. Cindy Mr. Jeromus Rapalie Died on March 13, 1795 Church of England Cemetery Lower Granville Annapolis W. Harris Robblee Born on Many 21, 1808 Died on March 16, 1895 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis Eunice E. Robblee Born on July 5, 1815 Died on September 1, 1896 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis Sarah A. Robblee Born on December 16, 1846 Died on July 9, 1887 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis William J. Robblee Born on July 8, 1853 Died on September 19, 1886 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis John Robblee Died on December 31, 1885 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis Olevia Robblee Died on March 30, 1882 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis William J. Robblee Died on June 12, 1825 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis Thomas Robblee Died on May 3, 1854 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis Hannah Robblee Died on November 15, 1877 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis James Robblee Born on February 7, 1801 Died on September 19, 1876 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis James Robblee Died on June 19, 1860 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis Watson Roblee Died on June 19, 1860 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis Burton L. Robblee Died on August 6, 1873 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis Laura J. Robblee Thomas Robblee Died on September 15, 1868 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis Mary E. Robblee Born on February 14, 1844 Died on August 26, 1865 Stoney Beach Granville Ferry Annapolis

As previously mentioned, we are moving the home of the Roblee researchers web site. Actually, our new site is already up and functioning. The following addition has been made to the home page of the old web site, to give individuals a warning that the old site will be discontinued within the next few months: "Important note: The home page of the Roblee researchers is being moved. The new site address is <http://www.robleesonline.org> http://www.robleesonline.org. Please visit it now, and add this address to your bookmarks or favorites. The page you are on, and its accompanying ones, will be removed without further notice in the next few months." We hope you take the time to visit the new site, and change your bookmarks or favorites in your web browser. ***** Doug Detling (doug.detling@greencity.org) Roblee-L list coordinator

Greetings to my fellow Roblee/Robblee (and other spelling variation) researchers. I haven't sent a message to the list for some time, but thought itwould be appropriate to make some general announcements of some changes. The welcome message for the Roblee-L mailing list at rootsweb.com has been updated slightly - most of you won't need to worry about it, or might not even notice the small changes. But, the welcome message does reflect an upcoming change to be implemented gradually in the next few months. After much thought, I have registered a new domain name for our group. Last year, it seemed silly, but the more thought given to it, the more it appealed to me. Our newly registered domain is Robleesonline.org. Note the addition of the "s" to the domain name, to indicate we're a more pluralistic and larger group...and also symbolizes we're not just those with a Roblee spelling. I plan to let the old domain name of Robleeonline.org expire when the registration runs out in November (unless somebody thinks we should keep it), and the web site address of www.robleeonline.org will continue to operate until that time. Along about October 1, that web site will indicate the change in name, and redirect folks to our new web site, which is www.robleesonline.org. If you check, you'll find the new domain and web site is already available. I've retained the basic web theme and design, and will update both web sites simultaneously until October 1. For those of you in the group who wish to do so, you can change your bookmarks in Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera or other browser right now. I plan to add to our new web site a few more research materials, and will be requesting information from group members in the next few months. You might be interested in my other reasons for making this change. Currently, I maintain web sites for various family groups (along with my own personal web site). Three different Internet Service Providers are involved. After using these three ISPs for the past year and a half (and though I have generally been happy with each), I have concluded that a reconfiguration is in order, which will reduce my administrative time and also reduce the overall total expenses of running these web sites. I have found a hosting service that permits several domains to be hosted with one ISP with greater capabilities and bandwidth for somewhat less overall money. For example, if any of you would like to have an e-mail address (which will never be published on the web site) at robleesonline.org, I can set up an special e-mail address for you (along with adding that address to the Roblee-L group) so you can receive family info. If you are interested in doing so, please feel free to contact me. This would be an additional way of getting Roblee family history information. Having the capability to do this is one feature of the new web hosting provider I've decided to use. The Roblee web site is generously supported by a number of us (usually we make financial contributions in varying amounts in the fall and winter to support the site for the following year). At this time, we have sufficient resources to make this change without adjusting the timing of our annual request for assistance. Phil Roblee will no doubt say I'm too shy to ask for contributions, and usually he reminds folks to make a small financial contribution in October, so I will let him do that in the usual course of events (contributions of course are welcome any time). I don't know about the rest of you, but my e-mail inbox is full of spam, and I've been using various spam filters to cut down on junk e-mail. If you want to continue using my current e-mail address, it is fine that you do so. Or you can change your address book to list me as: <mailto:doug.detling@greencity.org> doug.detling@greencity.org. This change has been shown on the Roblee web site pages in graphic form so that this address doesn't attract spammers. Those of you who are listed on the e-mail directory page on the web site also will note that I have altered your e-mail addresses to prevent address "harvesting" by programs used by spammers while retaining the instructions on how to send e-mail to the correct address. As always, I welcome any comments or suggestions about the web site; feel free to share with me privately or through the mailing list. ************* Doug Detling - Please change your address book to list me as: doug.detling@greencity.org Alternate e-mail addresses: ddetling@charter.net; ddetling@greencity.org

We lost a very young Rublee relative this week. I don't know him, but my heart goes out to his family. Cindy Walcott Grand Isle, VT Source: CAN-BC-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: August 07, 2004 Vancouver BC Obituaries (08/07/04) The Vancouver Sun notes the following deaths in today's paper ALLEN BAKER BARBERBJORNSON BLACK BUNN BYRNES CIOK CONWAY CRAIG CREELMAN CUTHBERT DE OLIVEIRA DOW DRYVYNSYDE EORY FAGAN FALLOWFIELD FEDERICI FORMAN JACKSON KABUSH KEAN LEONARD LINFOOT LOVE MacLEAN MAH MANGLES MANN MANZI MASON MATTHEWS McCARTHY NUESSLER PRICE SCAGEL SCOTT SEXSMITH SPARKES SPRAGG STATHERS STUART THOMPSON VALENTINE VISOCCHI WAREHAM ZEIDLER <snip> STATHERS _ William (Bill) Michael passed away August 3rd, 2004 at the age of 18 years after a courageous struggle with Cystic Fibrosis. Survived by his father, Robert, mother, Catherine Rublee and brothers and sisters, Christine, Patricia, Dave and Woody. Bill will always be remembered for his love of guitar, skateboarding, snowboarding, mountain biking and music. He loved his friends and family with all his heart. We will all miss his sense of humour vitality and compassion. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, August 7th, 2004 at 2:00 p. m. at 425 Lower Bench Road in Penticton. Informal attire please. Memorial tributes may be directed to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2221 Younge Street, Suite 601, Toronto, ON, M4S 2B4 Parkview Funeral Home (250) 493-1774 <end snip>

Michael -- As far as I know David N. Roblee didn't have any children, so that may explain why no one knows about this story! It's a good one!! Cindy Walcott Grand Isle, VT -----Original Message----- From: Jean Baker [mailto:jean.b@netheaven.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:21 PM To: ROBLEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: CINDY HI Everyone- This is a message I received and suggested he go to the ROBLEE site and maybe contact Cindy. That is why Cindy's name is on it. I think this is interesting and amusing, but I couldn't help him. JEAN THOMAS BAKER ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Higgins" <mrhiggins@thethird.com> To: "'Jean Baker'" <jean.b@netheaven.com> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 12:47 AM Subject: RE: CINDY > I cannot for the life of me get a message to go through on the thing. > Can I get you to forward my information, with my permission? I have > tried four times and the list "does not like me." Here is the old text > in case you do not have it: > > Taking a stab at something. I am trying to find any information on a > David N. Roblee (sometimes Robles), born about 1860 near Johnsburgh, > Warren County, New York. He appears to be the son of George. In 1930, he > appears to be living in Arietta, Hamilton County, New York. He was a > widower at the time. > > Here is the interesting part. On August 18, 1883, David and my grt grt > grandfather, John McSweeney, were working in a lumber camp. They got > into a fight over a paycheck. John injured David during the fight by > biting off part of his ear and finger. A complaint was filed against > John by the district attorney. John, with his parent's help, escaped to > his mother's brother's farm in Iowa. He eventually married, had two sons > and was a pillar of the community. We have heard the story many times > (and in more detail). Humorous addendum. About 1910, John and his wife > went back to Johnsburgh, probably for John's father's funeral. The first > person they saw as they were getting off the train was David Roblee. > Both were ready to continue their fight, thirty years later. Both were > near fifty at the time. John's wife, Kitty, basically told him to calm > down because if he started something he had seen nothing if she got mad. > > I would very much like to find a couple members of this family to > compare notes. I am betting the story has been passed down that line > also, given the severity of the fight and the fact that David lost part > of his ear and finger. > > We hold no grudges :) > > I think this is one of my favorite family history stories. It is very > real, and after years of hearing it, I was able to get a copy of the > indictment that documents it. > > Does this person sound at all familiar, or do you know any other Roblee > researchers that might? > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Michael R. Higgins > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean Baker [mailto:jean.b@netheaven.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 8:47 PM > To: Michael Higgins > Subject: CINDY > > I forgot, you are not on the ROBLEE list. Go to > http://www.robleeonline.org/ You may find some info there. The Cindy I > am > referring to is Cindy Walcott. You will find her info on the ROBLEE > site. > She is an excellent researcher and a lovely person. I met her at the > ROBLEE > reunion in 2000 in Bennington, VT. JEAN > > > > ==== ROBLEE Mailing List ==== Please visit www.robleeonline.org.

See what I mean about notifying the authorities whenever a group of Roblees get together? Phil -----Original Message----- From: Jean Baker [mailto:jean.b@netheaven.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:21 PM To: ROBLEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: CINDY HI Everyone- This is a message I received and suggested he go to the ROBLEE site and maybe contact Cindy. That is why Cindy's name is on it. I think this is interesting and amusing, but I couldn't help him. JEAN THOMAS BAKER ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Higgins" <mrhiggins@thethird.com> To: "'Jean Baker'" <jean.b@netheaven.com> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 12:47 AM Subject: RE: CINDY > I cannot for the life of me get a message to go through on the thing. > Can I get you to forward my information, with my permission? I have > tried four times and the list "does not like me." Here is the old text > in case you do not have it: > > Taking a stab at something. I am trying to find any information on a > David N. Roblee (sometimes Robles), born about 1860 near Johnsburgh, > Warren County, New York. He appears to be the son of George. In 1930, he > appears to be living in Arietta, Hamilton County, New York. He was a > widower at the time. > > Here is the interesting part. On August 18, 1883, David and my grt grt > grandfather, John McSweeney, were working in a lumber camp. They got > into a fight over a paycheck. John injured David during the fight by > biting off part of his ear and finger. A complaint was filed against > John by the district attorney. John, with his parent's help, escaped to > his mother's brother's farm in Iowa. He eventually married, had two sons > and was a pillar of the community. We have heard the story many times > (and in more detail). Humorous addendum. About 1910, John and his wife > went back to Johnsburgh, probably for John's father's funeral. The first > person they saw as they were getting off the train was David Roblee. > Both were ready to continue their fight, thirty years later. Both were > near fifty at the time. John's wife, Kitty, basically told him to calm > down because if he started something he had seen nothing if she got mad. > > I would very much like to find a couple members of this family to > compare notes. I am betting the story has been passed down that line > also, given the severity of the fight and the fact that David lost part > of his ear and finger. > > We hold no grudges :) > > I think this is one of my favorite family history stories. It is very > real, and after years of hearing it, I was able to get a copy of the > indictment that documents it. > > Does this person sound at all familiar, or do you know any other Roblee > researchers that might? > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Michael R. Higgins > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean Baker [mailto:jean.b@netheaven.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 8:47 PM > To: Michael Higgins > Subject: CINDY > > I forgot, you are not on the ROBLEE list. Go to > http://www.robleeonline.org/ You may find some info there. The Cindy I > am > referring to is Cindy Walcott. You will find her info on the ROBLEE > site. > She is an excellent researcher and a lovely person. I met her at the > ROBLEE > reunion in 2000 in Bennington, VT. JEAN > > > > ==== ROBLEE Mailing List ==== Please visit www.robleeonline.org. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio intends this e-mail message, and any attachments, to be used only by the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed. This message may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. If the reader is not the intended recipient of this message or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are prohibited from printing, copying, storing, disseminating or distributing this communication. If you received this communication in error, please delete it from your computer and notify the sender by reply e-mail.

HI Everyone- This is a message I received and suggested he go to the ROBLEE site and maybe contact Cindy. That is why Cindy's name is on it. I think this is interesting and amusing, but I couldn't help him. JEAN THOMAS BAKER ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Higgins" <mrhiggins@thethird.com> To: "'Jean Baker'" <jean.b@netheaven.com> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 12:47 AM Subject: RE: CINDY > I cannot for the life of me get a message to go through on the thing. > Can I get you to forward my information, with my permission? I have > tried four times and the list "does not like me." Here is the old text > in case you do not have it: > > Taking a stab at something. I am trying to find any information on a > David N. Roblee (sometimes Robles), born about 1860 near Johnsburgh, > Warren County, New York. He appears to be the son of George. In 1930, he > appears to be living in Arietta, Hamilton County, New York. He was a > widower at the time. > > Here is the interesting part. On August 18, 1883, David and my grt grt > grandfather, John McSweeney, were working in a lumber camp. They got > into a fight over a paycheck. John injured David during the fight by > biting off part of his ear and finger. A complaint was filed against > John by the district attorney. John, with his parent's help, escaped to > his mother's brother's farm in Iowa. He eventually married, had two sons > and was a pillar of the community. We have heard the story many times > (and in more detail). Humorous addendum. About 1910, John and his wife > went back to Johnsburgh, probably for John's father's funeral. The first > person they saw as they were getting off the train was David Roblee. > Both were ready to continue their fight, thirty years later. Both were > near fifty at the time. John's wife, Kitty, basically told him to calm > down because if he started something he had seen nothing if she got mad. > > I would very much like to find a couple members of this family to > compare notes. I am betting the story has been passed down that line > also, given the severity of the fight and the fact that David lost part > of his ear and finger. > > We hold no grudges :) > > I think this is one of my favorite family history stories. It is very > real, and after years of hearing it, I was able to get a copy of the > indictment that documents it. > > Does this person sound at all familiar, or do you know any other Roblee > researchers that might? > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Michael R. Higgins > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean Baker [mailto:jean.b@netheaven.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 8:47 PM > To: Michael Higgins > Subject: CINDY > > I forgot, you are not on the ROBLEE list. Go to > http://www.robleeonline.org/ You may find some info there. The Cindy I > am > referring to is Cindy Walcott. You will find her info on the ROBLEE > site. > She is an excellent researcher and a lovely person. I met her at the > ROBLEE > reunion in 2000 in Bennington, VT. JEAN > > > >

Catherine Haight's gravestone in New Haven tells us that she was the widow of Stephen Haight and the former wife of William Rublee (note spelling) of Lanesborough, MA, with whom she had twelve children. It states that she lived the fifth generation had more than 300 descendants (Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, VT). She died 5 Dec 1835 at about age 97. Now that Bergetta mentions this, I have never tried to count her descendants. That might be fun to do in my spare time (!) Cindy -----Original Message----- From: Bergetta Monroe [mailto:bergetta@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 5:05 PM To: ROBLEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: ROBLEE-D Digest V04 #75 Bob's aunt and uncle and their 60th wedding anniversary celebration which included many descendants reminded me of the fact that William Rublee and Katura Baker had a "few!!!" descendants! I believe in Katura's obit it mentioned that she had something like 274 LIVING descendant and I think she was 94. I've counted large families and have never come close to that number. I'm sure Cindy can give us the exact number....anyone else have families that large? Bergetta ==== ROBLEE Mailing List ==== Post your information and queries. We love it. No ROBLEE rock left untouched. Spelling variations ok - we don't "know" the original.