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, 11th 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 16th 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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