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Sidney Theophilus Robey

Sidney Theophilus Robey

Male 1879 - 1950  (71 years)

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  • Name Sidney Theophilus Robey 
    Born 26 Jun 1879  Midway, Wasatch, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • There is a discrepancy in the birth date as his death certificate states that he was born in 1881 but he was reported on the 1880 census as being 11 months old at the time of the census. His World War I Draft Registration states that he was born June 26, 1879.
    Gender Male 
    Census 21 Jun 1880  Midway, Wasatch, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1880

    Utah, Wasatch, Midway Precinct, 21 and 22 Jun 1880, page 13, SD 136, Ed 91, dwelling 104, family 109

    Jeremiah A. Robey, head, 35. Martha J., wife, 32. Children: Leonore, daughter, 13; Mary J. daughter, 11; Sarah E., daughter, 10; Jeremiah A., son, 6; Sidney T., son, 11/12. He is a carpenter; she is keeping house. The 3 oldest children are attending school. He is born in Illinois; the rest of the family is born in Utah. Next door to Hyrum and Claudia Dennis; Allan and Mary A. Morton.  
    Age: 11 months 
    Census 1890 
    It is presumed that since Sidney T. was living in Utah in both 1880 and 1900 that he was living in Utah during the 1890 census. That census was destroyed by fire at the Commerce Department in Washington, DC on 10 January 1921.  
    Census 4 Jun 1900  Colton, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1900

    Utah, Utah, Colton Precinct, 4 Jun 1900, SD 273, ED 157, sheet 2A, Dwelling 22, Family 24

    James A. Robey, head, 55; married 35 years. Children: James A., son 26 (Oct 1873); Sidney T., son 20 (Jun 1879); Henrietta, daughter 17 (Oct 1882); Sophia, daughter 15 (Jul 1884); Matilda, daughter 23 (Jul 1876). He is a cattle man working on his own account. Own farm free of mortgage. James is a [quarry]man working on his own account. Sidney is a ranchman working; unemployed for 7 months. Henrietta and Sophia are attending school. Matilda is a cook; unemployed for 9 months. He is born in Illinois, all the children are born in Utah. Next door to Brooks Fairbanks.

    [Note: While there are numerous transcription errors for this census on Ancestry.com, it is believed due to the ages and other pertinent information regarding the family members that this is the correct census information for Jeremiah Robey and his children. His wife, Martha, is still alive and living with their oldest daughter Mary J. Tietjen at the time of the census event.

    Jeremiah Robey was born in Nov 1845; his son Jeremiah was born in Oct 1873; Matilda born in 1877 (per death certificate); Bessie Henrietta in 1886; Martha Sophia in 1889; Sidney T. born in 1881 (per death certificate)]  
    Age: 20 
    Census 1 Apr 1910  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1910

    Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Election District 36, SD Utah, ED 128, sheet 2B, 524 Second West, Dwelling 32, Family 32

    Sidney T. Robey, head, 29. Ethel W., wife, 37. They have been married 4 years with no children. He is a commercial transferrer in the merchandise field. She is a bookkeeper in a garage. Both are working for wages. Both can read and write. They are renting a home. He was born in Utah; she was born in Ohio. Next door to Allen Reeley; Fanny L. Collins. 
    Age: 29 
    Military Service 7 Sep 1917  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    #WWI, World War I Draft Registration

    Serial Number 234, Order Number A2523.
    Sidney Thophilus Robey, 372 South Main, Salt Lake City, Utah. Age 38, born Jun 26, 1879; US citizen, native born. he is employed by Charly B. Reynolds; in charge payload lots Live Stock shipment. Nearest relative is Mrs. Herby Robey; 372 South Main, Salt Lake City, Utah. He is tall in height, slender build with brown eyes and brown hair. No obvious physical disfigurements. 
    Age: 38 
    Census 1920  TBD Not known at this time Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  TBD Not known at this time Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Certificate 8 Jun 1950  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Death certificate 00005002066

    Sidney Theopilus Robey, born 26 Jun 1881 in Midway, Utah; died 5 Jun 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Usual residence 36 East 2nd South, Salt Lake City, Utah. Widowed at the time of death. Son of Jermiah Albert Robey (Virginia) and Martha Jane Dowdell (Salt Lake City, Utah). He was not a veteran. Informant is Evelyn Dahl (sister), same residence. Burial in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Utah on 6 Jun 1950. Larkin Mortuary, Salt Lake City, Utah.
     
    Age: 68 
    Cause: Coronary occlusion (presumed), arteriosclerotic heart disease 
    Death Certificate for Sidney Theopilus Robey, 1950, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
    Death Certificate for Sidney Theopilus Robey, 1950, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
    Died 6 Jul 1950  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary for Sidney Theophilus Robey, 6 Jun 1950
    Obituary for Sidney Theophilus Robey, 6 Jun 1950
    Funeral Notice for Sidney Theophilus Robey, 8 Jun 1950
    Funeral Notice for Sidney Theophilus Robey, 8 Jun 1950
    Buried Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Sidney Theopilis Robey (1881 - 1950) - Find A Grave
    Sidney Theopilis Robey (1881 - 1950) - Find A Grave
    Person ID I736  clanSoren | FRS101
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2014 

    Father Ancestors Jeremiah Albert JR Robey,   b. 12 Mar 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1921, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Ancestors Martha Jane Dowdell,   b. 15 Nov 1848, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1929, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 22 Nov 1865 
    Notes 
    • ROBEY, JEREMIAH ALBERT (son of Jeremiah Robey and Ruth Tucker). Born March 12, 1845 in Hancock county, Ill. Came to Utah with father.

      Married Martha Jane Dowdle, Midway, Utah (daughter of Absalom Porter Dowdle and Sarah Ann Holliday, both of Marion county, Ala.), who was born in 1848, Salt Lake City.

      Their children:
      Mary Jane, m. Joseph Tietjen;
      Electa Ruth, m. Harold P. Heninger;
      Jeremiah Jr. m. Emma Larsen;
      Matilda, m. James Dahl;
      Sidney Theophilus, m. Ethel Whitmore;
      Henrietta, m. Adam Ludwig;
      Mary Sophia, m. Jonathan Smith.

      Family home Midway, Utah.
      Veteran Black Hawk war; minute man. Farmer; carpenter; stockraiser. [9]
    Family ID F266  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Ancestors Ethel W. Whitmore,   b. 4 Jul 1870, Tontogany, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1951, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 14 Sep 1907  Utah County, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    S.T. Robey and Ester W. Whitmore Notice of Marriage License
    S.T. Robey and Ester W. Whitmore Notice of Marriage License
    A marriage license has been issued to S.T. Robey and Esther W. Whitmore, both of Provo.

    Published in the Salt Lake Herald Newspaper, New Section, Page 6, 15 Sept 1907
    Divorced 5 Sep 1913  [12, 13
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2008 
    Family ID F481  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Mary Elizabeth Shoup,   b. Abt 1891,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 31 Jan 1927  Bountiful, Davis, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Marriage License Notice for Sidney Theo Robey and Elizabeth Shoup
    Marriage License Notice for Sidney Theo Robey and Elizabeth Shoup
    Divorced 28 Oct 1941  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Notice Sidney T. Robey and Mary Elizabeth Shoup Robey
    Divorce Notice Sidney T. Robey and Mary Elizabeth Shoup Robey
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2013 
    Family ID F938  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S91] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, United States, Selective Service System, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., (Ancestry) (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S85] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Midway, Wasatch, Utah; Roll: T9_1339; Family History Film: 1255339; Page: 336.1000; Enumeration District: 91 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S97] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, (Ancestry.com), Year: 1900; Census Place: Colton, Utah, Utah; Roll: T623 1687; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 157 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S98] 1910 United States Federal Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, (Ancestry), Year: 1910; Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T624_1607; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 128; (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S91] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, United States, Selective Service System, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., (Ancestry), (citation missing, need to document) (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S141] FamilySearch™ Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1954, Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU), (http://search.labs.familysearch.org) (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S118] Utah Death Certificates (Series 81448), 1904 to 1965, Utah State Archives, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, (historyresearch.utah.gov), Death certificate 00005002066 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S157] Findagrave.com, (Findagrave.com), Memorial 105336342 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S119] Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men, (Ancestry.com ) (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S124] The Salt Lake Herald, (Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities), page 6 (Reliability: 3), 15 Sep 1907.

    11. [S172] BYU Idaho Special Collections and Family History, (BYU Idaho) (Reliability: 3).
      Groom's Last Name: ROBEY
      Groom's First Name: Clyde Ferguson (21)
      Bride's Last Name: COLLINS
      Bride's First Name: Virginia (20)
      Bride's Residence: Springville, Utah, Utah
      Groom's Residence: Provo, Utah, Utah
      State: Utah
      County: Davis
      Place: Bountiful, Davis, Utah
      Marriage Date: 16 Jun 1934
      Partial Date:
      Volume: 11
      Comment: Certificate # 10940
      Page: 478

    12. [S82] 1920 United States Federal Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, (Ancestry.com), Year: 1920;Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T625_1865; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 87; living with mother Sarah J. Whitmore in Salt Lake City, Utah (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S140] Newspaper Articles, Clippings, On-Line Documents, Salt Lake Telegram, Utah, 6 Sep 1913 (Reliability: 3).

    14. [S172] BYU Idaho Special Collections and Family History, (BYU Idaho) (Reliability: 3).
      Marriage ID: 550679
      Groom's Surname Name: ROBEY
      Groom's First Name: Sidney Theo (41)
      Bride's Surname Name: SHOUP
      Bride's First Name: Mary Elizabeth (36)
      Place: Bountiful, Davis, Utah
      Marriage Date: 31 Jan 1927
      County: Davis
      State: Utah
      Bride's Residence: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
      Groom's Residence: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
      Volume: 9
      Page: 19
      Partial Date:
      Comment: Certificate # 7530