Sarah ROBLIN

1825 - 1913  (88 years)

• Name	Sarah ROBLIN  [1, 2]
  Birth	1825	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	29786157750E49FCB942AF466A79560650F0
  Death	2 Apr 1913	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Burial	Roblin Family Cemetery, Near Fish Lake In Sophiasburg   [3]
  Person ID	I3711	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Levi ROBLIN, UE,   b. 30 Nov 1793, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Aug 1878, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary SHORTT,   b. Abt Jan 1791, New Jersey, USA d. May 1828, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1815	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  Family ID	F3140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Reuben Robert KOTCHAPAW,   b. 26 Apr 1827, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Nov 1879, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	30 Nov 1851	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. John Ryerson KOTCHAPAW,   b. 13 Jan 1853, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada d. 6 May 1940, Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)   2. Horatio Roblin KOTCHAPAW,   b. Dec 1854, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Feb 1885 (Age 30 years)   3. Louisa KOTCHAPAW,   b. 15 Nov 1856   d. 12 Dec 1856 (Age 0 years)   4. Hulda Maria KOTCHAPAW,   b. 23 Dec 1858   d. 7 Apr 1864 (Age 5 years)   5. Hiram J KOTCHAPAW,   b. 22 Sep 1860   d. 1955 (Age 94 years)   6. Annie Laurie KOTCHAPAW,   b. 1866, Canada d. 1962 (Age 96 years)   7. Jennie KOTCHAPAW,   b. 6 Dec 1869, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada d. 1956 (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F1143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1825 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 30 Nov 1851 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Death - 2 Apr 1913 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Roblin Family Cemetery, Near Fish Lake In Sophiasburg  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Sarah Roblin Wife of Ruben Kotchapaw2.jpg
  		Sarah Roblin Wife of Ruben Kotchapaw1.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Sarah Roblin married Reuben Kotchapaw and had at least 7 children (John, 1853; Louisa, 1854-1856; Horatio, 1855-1885; Hulda Maria, 1859-1864; Hiram, 1863; Anna Laurie, 1866-1962; Jennie, 1868-1956). The 1881 census finds Sarah widowed and living with her son John, and his wife Sarah, as well her other children Hiram, Annie and Jennie. Sarah Reuben and several of the children are buried in the Roblin Family Cemetery. [6] (Research):Sarah Roblin was born on 2 Nov 1825 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario to Mary and Levi Roblin. Her father owned an operated saw and flour mills. Sarah was the fifth of six children. Unfortunately, her mother died when she was three. Her father remarried when she was four. Her step-mother and father had five more children. On 30 Nov 1851, aged 26, Sarah married Reuben Robert Kotchapaw in Sophiasburgh Township. He was a farmer of Lot 18, concession 2 next to Walter Roblin, Sarah's younger brother. Sarah and Reuben had seven children. Their oldest was John Kotchapaw. Their second child Louisa died in 1856 at the age of two. The 1861 census shows Reuben with Sarah 34, John 8, Horatio 6, Hulda 2, Charles Facture 13 and Samuel Johnson 19 living in a frame house. It was a sad time for the family when Hulda died in 1864. The 1871 census shows Reuben 44 with Sarah 44, John 18, Horatio 16, Hiram 8 , Annie 5 and Jennie 2. Reuben died on 1 Nov 1879 aged 57 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario. He was buried in the Roblin Family Cemetery, near Fish Lake in Sophiasburgh Township. The 1881 census shows John Kotchapaw (28) as the head of household which included his wife (24), his mother Sarah (55) and his siblings Hiram (age 18), Annie (14) and Jennie (12). They continued to farm growing rye, wheat, hay and other cereals on he land that his father had farmed. Horatio died in 1885 at the age of thirty. The 1911 census indicates that Sarah was then living with her son Hiram and his family. Hiram and John seemed to have divided their father's land between them. Sarah died on 2 Apr 1913 at the age of 88 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario. She was buried in the Roblin Family Cemetery, near Fish Lake in Sophiasburgh. She had suffered with chronic Bright's disease (kidney) for 4 years. [7]

  
  

• Sources

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