Person: John Frederick ROBAR

Birthday: 10 November 1793
Birthplace: LaHave, Nova Scotia
Mother: Maria Margaret DAREE
Father: John George Robar
Sex: male

Dave Conrad info:
John Frederick ROBAR1 was born on 10 Nov 1793 in LaHave, Lunenburg Co.,
Nova
Scotia, CANADA. He was christened on 22 Jan 1794 in LaHave, Lunenburg Co.,
Nova Scotia, CANADA. He died on 26 Nov 1870 in Upper LaHave, Lunenburg Co.,
Nova Scotia, CANADA. He has reference number 32. !He went by the name
Frederick and was a farmer in Upper LaHave. He was
illiterate, as were both of his wives. There is no record of when his
first wife, Mary Catherine, died. The official cause of death on his
burial certificate was "apoplexy" - a stroke. See 1824 landgrant. See
will.

He was married to Mary Catherine EICHEL (daughter of Marie Elizabeth
BOUTELLIER
) on 4 Jun 1822 in LaHave, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. Mary Catherine
EICHEL1 was born on 20 Jul 1803. She was christened on 1 Aug 1803. She has
reference number 33. She died before Frederick remarried to Sophia Hirtle on
Nov 2, 1848. Lived
in Upper LaHave and was Illeterate. John Frederick ROBAR and Mary Catherine
EICHEL had the following children:
+2 i. Louisa "Lucy" ROBAR.
+3 ii. David ROBAR.
4 iii. John Nelson ROBAR1 was born on 27 Nov 1826 in LaHave,
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. He was christened on 17 Jan 1827 in
LaHave, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. He died on 24 Apr 1847 in LaHave,
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. !He died at the age of twenty and was
never married. He was born at a
"300 acre lot near Blystamer's Lake."
+5 iv. Josiah ROBAR.
6 v. Mary Elizabeth ROBAR1 was born on 2 Dec 1830 in
LaHave,
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. She was christened on 14 Jan 1831 in
LaHave, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. !She married Frederick Jodrey.
7 vi. Juliana ROBAR1 was born on 19 Dec 1832 in LaHave,
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. She was christened on 22 Feb 1833 in
LaHave, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. !She married Alexander
Barkhouse.
8 vii. Edmond ROBAR1 was born on 12 Mar 1835 in LaHave,
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. He was christened on 25 Sep 1835 in
LaHave, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. He died on 24 Jan 1918 in
Dayspring, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. !He was illiterate and made a living as a
carpenter. He lived with his
brother David (see 1871 census) and later lived
with his
brother Josiah
(see 1881 census). He never married.
+9 viii. Henry ROBAR.
10 ix. Sarah Adelaide ROBAR1 was born on 24 Jul 1839 in
LaHave,
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. She was christened on 25 Oct 1839 in
LaHave, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. !She married Edmond Grace in 1860
in Summerside.
+11 x. Zenas ROBAR.
12 xi. Cornelius ROBAR1 was born on 2 Feb 1845 in LaHave,
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. He was christened on 6 Apr 1846 in
LaHave,
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. He died in Aug 1846 in LaHave, Lunenburg
Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. !He died at the age of 18 months.

He was married to Sophia HIRTLE_-_EMINOT on 2 Nov 1848 in LaHave, Lunenburg
Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. Sophia HIRTLE_-_EMINOT1 was born in 1809. She
died in
1890 in LaHave, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. John Frederick ROBAR and
Sophia HIRTLE_-_EMINOT had the following children:
13 i. Amanda Sophia ROBAR1 was born on 20 Apr 1851 in
LaHave,
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. !After her father's death, she lived with
her brother David unti her
marriage on 6 Jan 1872 to George Benjamin Weagle (age
20). See 1871
cen.sus
14 ii. Albertina "Dena" ROBAR1 was born in 1852 in LaHave,
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. !After her father's death, she lived with
her brother David until her
marriage to Simeon Weagle (age 20) on the 21 May
1871.
Her husband was a
shipbuilder. See 1871 census.
15 iii. Sophia Ellis ROBAR1 was born on 26 May 1855 in LaHave,
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. She was christened on 22 Aug 1855 in
LaHave, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, CANADA. !After her father's death, she
lived with her brother David (see 1871
census). In the 1881 census, she is living with her
illigitamate son and
her mother, listed under the name of "Robar" - the
childs father is
unknown. They lived in Summerside, later renamed
Dayspring. The son's
name is Charles, born in 1879.

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