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1798                George Pidgeon Bliss is born on 17 April

ca. 1808           George Roberts is born in England

1810                 Emily Goodridge, daughter of John Goodridge and Elizabeth Gostwycke, is born in England

1819                 George Pidgeon Bliss marries Sarah Wetmore on 7 August

1832                 George Goodridge Roberts, son of Emily Goodridge and George Roberts, is born in Saint John,
                        New Brunswick on 25 December

1836                 Emma Wetmore Bliss, 11^th child of Sarah Wetmore and George Pidgeon Bliss, is born in Fredericton,
                        New Brunswick on 8 January

                        George Pidgeon Bliss dies in Fredericton on 20 January

1852                 George Goodridge Roberts receives bachelor of arts degree from King's College, Fredericton

1854                 George Goodridge Roberts receives master of arts degree from King's College, Fredericton

1856                 George Goodridge Roberts is ordained deacon on 28 September

1857                 George Goodridge Roberts marries Emma Wetmore Bliss on 7 June

                        George Goodridge Roberts is ordained priest on 20 September and serves as rector of
                        the Parish of Douglas until August 1861

1860                 Charles G. D. Roberts is born in the parish of Douglas, near Fredericton on 10 January

1861                 George Goodridge Roberts and his family move in August to Westcock, New Brunswick
                        where he assumes the rectorship of St. Ann's Church

1862                  Fanny Roberts is born at Westcock and dies before her first birthday

1864                  Jane Elizabeth Gostwycke Roberts (Nain) is born at Westcock on 17 February

1870                  Goodridge Bliss Roberts (Gool) is born at Westcock on 17 January

1873                  The Reverend George Goodridge Roberts and family relocate to Fredericton about
                          December following his appointment as rector of Christ Church Parish Church (St. Anne's)

1874                  Charles G. D. Roberts enrols in Fredericton Collegiate School where George R. Parkin is headmaster

                         William Carman Roberts is born in Fredericton on 6 December

1874-1875          Charles G. D. Roberts composes "Sonnet: On the dying Year" and "Spring", his first published
                          verses. They appear in The Canadian Illustrated News, 30 March 1878

1876                   Charles G. D. Roberts graduates from Fredericton Collegiate School in the summer

                          He enrols at the University of New Brunswick in the fall

1877                   George Edward Theodore Goodridge Roberts (Thede) is born in Fredericton on 7 July

1878                   George Roberts, father of the Rev. G. G. Roberts, dies on 20 May

1879                   Charles G. D. Roberts graduates from UNB with honours in mental and moral philosophy and political economy

                          He is appointed headmaster of Chatham, N. B. Grammar School in September

1880                   Charles G. D. Roberts marries Mary (May) Isabel Fenety, daughter of Eliza Ann Arthur (1826-1917)
                           and George Edward Fenety (1812-1899), on 29 December

                           Orion and Other Poems is published

1881                   Charles G. D. Roberts receives master of arts degree from UNB

1882                   Charles G. D. Roberts resigns from Chatham school in January

                          He is appointed headmaster of York Street School, Fredericton in February

1882                   His son, Goodridge Edward Athelstan Roberts is born on 10 May

1883                   Charles G. D. Roberts resigns his position at York Street School

                          He moves to Toronto and becomes editor of The Week

1884                   Charles G. D. Roberts resigns from The Week in February

                          He free-lances briefly, takes first trip to New York City, returns to Fredericton

                          William Harris Lloyd Roberts is born in Fredericton on 31 October

1885                   Charles G. D. Roberts accepts appointment as professor of English and French at
                          King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia in September

1886                   Edith Arthur Bliss Roberts is born in Fredericton on 22 September

                          Sarah Wetmore Bliss, mother of Emma Wetmore Bliss Roberts, dies on 23 January

1888                   Douglas Hammond Brock Roberts is born in Windsor on 7 June

1890                  The Reverend George Goodridge Roberts is appointed to the canonry of

                         Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton on 26 June

                         Charles G. D. Roberts is elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada

1891                  Emily Goodridge, mother of Canon G. G. Roberts, dies on 11 June

1892                  Goodridge Bliss Roberts dies at Windsor on 4 February

1893                  Charles G. D. Roberts is elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature

1895                  Charles G. D. Roberts resigns from King's College, Windsor in the summer

                         He returns with his family to Fredericton where he free-lances until 1897

                         August Joseph Leisner is born on 14 August

1896                  Nain Roberts marries her cousin Samuel Archibald Roberts MacDonald, son of her
                         aunt Emily Elizabeth Roberts, and they reside in Fredericton until 1912

1897                 Charles G. D. Roberts moves to New York and is appointed assistant editor of The Illustrated American

                         Thede Roberts is working for The Independent in New York

                         Cuthbert Goodridge MacDonald, son of Nain Roberts and Archibald Roberts MacDonald, is
                         born in Fredericton on 10 May

                         Athelstan Roberts dies at Fredericton on 16 October

1898                  Charles G. D. Roberts is elected a charter member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters

                         Charles G. D. Roberts resigns from The Illustrated American

                         He free-lances from this time

                         Thede Roberts is working as special correspondent in Tampa and Cuba

1899                  Thede Roberts is in Newfoundland; founds the Newfoundland Magazine by 1900

                         Lloyd Roberts visits his father in New York City; they travel to Europe

                         Northland Lyrics by William Carman Roberts, Theodore Goodridge Roberts and
                         Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald and edited by Charles G. D. Roberts is published

                         George Edward Fenety, father of May Fenety Roberts, dies in Fredericton on 30 September

1900                  Charles G. D. Roberts returns to New York

1903                  Thede marries Frances (Fan) Seymour Allen, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Allen, in November

1904                  Lloyd Roberts is working for Outing Magazine in New York

                         William Goodridge Roberts, son of Frances Seymour Allen and Thede Roberts, is born in Barbados on 24 September

1905                  Canon George Goodridge Roberts dies at Fredericton on 11 October

1906                  Charles G. D. Roberts receives honorary LL.D. degree from UNB in May

                         Dorothy Mary Gostwick Roberts, daughter of Frances Seymour Allen and Thede Roberts,
                         is born in Fredericton on 6 July

                         William Carman Roberts marries Mary Annabel Fanton (1871-1956) on 14 December

1907                  Charles G. D. Roberts and Lloyd Roberts leave for Europe. The elder Roberts does not return
                         to Canada for 17 years, resides in Paris and Pont Levoy until 1910, visits Italy for the first time

1908                  Lloyd Roberts marries Helen Hope Farquhar Balmain in January

                         Patricia Bliss Roberts, daughter of Hope Balmain and Lloyd Roberts, is born

1910                 Charles G. D. Roberts resides in Munich until 1912

                        Margaret Joan Maude Montgomery is born in India

                        Theodora Frances Bliss Roberts, daughter of Frances Seymour Allen and Thede Roberts, is born

1911                  Lloyd Roberts is working for the News in Nelson, British Columbia.

1912                  Nain and Archibald Roberts MacDonald and their family move to Nelson

                        Charles G. D. Roberts returns to London, England

                         Hope Balmain Roberts dies

1913                  Lloyd Roberts takes post with civil service in Ottawa and continues working there until 1920

                         Loveday Roberts, daughter of France Seymour Allen and Thede Roberts, is born

1914                  Loveday Roberts, daughter of Frances Seymour Allen and Thede Roberts, dies in June
 
                         Lloyd Roberts marries Leila White in August; they separate about 1943

                         Thede Roberts serves in Canadian army overseas during the Great War

                         Lloyd Roberts's first book, England Overseas, is published

                         Nain and Archibald Roberts MacDonald move their family to Winnipeg

                         Charles G. D. Roberts joins the Legion of Frontiersmen in September

                         He is commissioned as first lieutenant in the 16^th Battalion of the King's (Liverpool) Regiment in December

                         Charles G. D. Roberts is promoted to captain

1915                  Nain Roberts MacDonald leaves her husband and relocates to Ottawa with her two sons

1916                  Charles G. D. Roberts is transferred to Canadian Staff in London in the Canadian War
                         Record Office and becomes acquainted with Lord Beaverbrook

                         He is promoted to major

                         Sent to France as special press correspondent attached to the Canadian Corps in December

                         Charles G. D. Roberts remains in France until the spring of 1918

1917                  Eliza Ann Arthur Fenety, mother of May Fenety Roberts, dies in Fredericton in December

1919                  Charles G. D. Roberts is demobilized from the army and resides in London

1921                  Charles G. D. Roberts visits North Africa, Italy and Switzerland

1922                   Nain Roberts MacDonald dies in Ottawa on 8 November

1923                   Emma Wetmore Bliss Roberts dies in Ottawa on 23 or 27 February

1925                   Charles G. D. Roberts returns to Canada in February and makes his first recital tour, resides in Toronto

                          Lloyd Roberts is working for The Christian Science Monitor

                          Douglas Roberts marries Maud Porter

1926                   Charles G. D. Roberts undertakes second recital tour

                          He is elected National President of Canadian Authors' Association and
                          is awarded the Lorne Pierce Gold Medal of The Royal Society of Canada

                          Charles G. D. Roberts meets Kathleen Strathearn in Vancouver during the winter

1927                   Charles G. D. Roberts lectures on Canadian Literature at the University of British Columbia
                          during the winter of 1927/28

                          Dorothy Roberts publishes a small book of poetry, Songs for Swift Feet under the name
                          Gostwick Roberts. She works briefly as a reporter for the Fredericton Daily Mail before
                          enrolling at Connecticut State College

1928                   Charles G. D. Roberts's romance with Kathleen Strathearn is over

1929                   Bliss Carman dies in New Canaan, Connecticut on 9 June

                          Kathleen Strathearn meets and marries Arthur J. Hughes

                          Patricia Bliss Roberts marries Leo Henderson

                          August Leisner is teaching English literature at Connecticut State College, Pennsylvania

1930                   Mary (May) Fenety Roberts dies in Ottawa on 12 May

                          Dorothy Roberts marries August Joseph Leisner

                          Gwendolyn Merrin is working as a typist for Charles G. D. Roberts in Toronto during the 1930s

1931                   Thede Roberts receives honorary D.Litt. degree from UNB

1933                   William Goodridge Roberts marries Marion Willson; they separate in 1946

1934                   Dorothy Roberts and August R. Leisner relocate to Toronto where they remain until 1940

1935                   Charles G. D. Roberts is knighted in June

1936                   Gwendolyn Merrin marries Frederick Massey in the summer

1937                   The Masseys ask Charles G. D. Roberts to be godfather to their daughter Isabel Ann

1939                    Lloyd Roberts is working for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and continues until 1943

1941                   William Carman Roberts dies in New London, Connecticut on 21 November

1942                   Charles G. D. Roberts receives honorary D.Litt. degree from Mount Allison University

1943                   Charles G. D. Roberts marries Joan Montgomery in Toronto on 28 October

                          Charles G. D. Roberts dies in Toronto on 25 November

                           Lloyd Roberts marries Julia (Judy) Bristow

                           Elsie Pomeroy's, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts: A Biography is published

1944                    Charles G. D. Roberts is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredericton on 15 May

1945                    Dorothy Roberts and August Leisner move to Pennsylvania, where August joins
                           the staff of the English Department of Pennsylvania State University

1953                    Thede Roberts dies in Digby, N.S. on 24 February

1954                    William Goodridge Roberts marries Joan Carter

1956                    Mary Fanton Roberts dies in New York on 14 October

1966                    Lloyd Roberts dies in Toronto on 28 June

1967                    Edith Roberts dies [in Ottawa]

                           Cuthbert Goodridge MacDonald dies in Montreal on 9 January

1968                    Frances Seymour Allen Roberts dies in December

1973                   August Joseph Leisner dies [in Pennsylvania] on 23 June

                          Desmond Pacey begins collecting the letters and poems of Charles G. D. Roberts

                          Theodora Frances Bliss Roberts dies

1974                   William Goodridge Roberts dies in Montreal on 28 January

                          Douglas Roberts dies in Ottawa on 10 May

1975                   Desmond Pacey dies in Fredericton on 4 July

                          Margo Dunn restructures the Roberts letters project

1985                  The Collected Poems of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts: A Critical Edition, edited by
                         Desmond Pacey with editorial assistance from Graham Adams is published

1989                  The Collected Letters of Charles G. D. Roberts edited by Laurel Boone is published

                         Lady Joan Roberts dies in Chetumal, Mexico on 19 November

1993                  Dorothy Roberts dies in State College, Pennsylvania on 23 April

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