Iris was the 5th of 7 children (3 sons) of Benjamin Roberts (1880-1953) & Mary Baker (1879-1936) who married in England on 11 Sep 1901 and arrived into Wellington, from England on the Fifeshire, Christmas Eve 1907 with their 2 sons and a daughter. They proceeded to Featherston and built a cottage on the property 'Lowlands' owned and farmed by his old friend, Mt W. B. Sadler. In 1916 he leased 100 acres on the newly cut-up Carter Estate at Parkvale, Carterton. They had 7 children by them. Her father was elected to Parliament in the Wairarapa electorate in 1935. He was both Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Marketing,1935-1946 in the First Labour Government under Peter Fraser.
their children
1902 - 1962 James Albert 'Bert' Roberts (+Martin)
1903 - 1991 Ivy Roberts (+Morris)
1905 - 1999 Harold William Roberts (+Watson)
1906 - 1991 Benjamin Roberts (+Smith)
1909 - 1996 Iris Eleanor Roberts (+Freeman/George)
1911 - 1980 Daisy 'Dot' Roberts (+McIsaac)
? - daughter Roberts
Their mother died in 1936 and their father remarried in 1943 to the widow Isabella Enid Dodds (nee McCaul 1882-1966)
Iris married William James Clarence George in 1933
. William was born William Clarence Freeman, the 7th of 9 known children of Frank Freeman (1842-1909 aka Frank Sherwood, aka Frank Sherwood Freeman) & Eliza Kinsey (1873-1910) who married in Burnside, Wairarapa in 1887
their children
1902 - 1962 James Albert 'Bert' Roberts (+Martin)
1903 - 1991 Ivy Roberts (+Morris)
1905 - 1999 Harold William Roberts (+Watson)
1906 - 1991 Benjamin Roberts (+Smith)
1909 - 1996 Iris Eleanor Roberts (+Freeman/George)
1911 - 1980 Daisy 'Dot' Roberts (+McIsaac)
? - daughter Roberts
Their mother died in 1936 and their father remarried in 1943 to the widow Isabella Enid Dodds (nee McCaul 1882-1966)
Iris married William James Clarence George in 1933
. William was born William Clarence Freeman, the 7th of 9 known children of Frank Freeman (1842-1909 aka Frank Sherwood, aka Frank Sherwood Freeman) & Eliza Kinsey (1873-1910) who married in Burnside, Wairarapa in 1887
Iris was the 5th of 7 children (3 sons) of Benjamin Roberts (1880-1953) & Mary Baker (1879-1936) who married in England on 11 Sep 1901 and arrived into Wellington, from England on the Fifeshire, Christmas Eve 1907 with their 2 sons and a daughter. They proceeded to Featherston and built a cottage on the property 'Lowlands' owned and farmed by his old friend, Mt W. B. Sadler. In 1916 he leased 100 acres on the newly cut-up Carter Estate at Parkvale, Carterton. They had 7 children by them. Her father was elected to Parliament in the Wairarapa electorate in 1935. He was both Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Marketing,1935-1946 in the First Labour Government under Peter Fraser.
their children
1902 - 1962 James Albert 'Bert' Roberts (+Martin)
1903 - 1991 Ivy Roberts (+Morris)
1905 - 1999 Harold William Roberts (+Watson)
1906 - 1991 Benjamin Roberts (+Smith)
1909 - 1996 Iris Eleanor Roberts (+Freeman/George)
1911 - 1980 Daisy 'Dot' Roberts (+McIsaac)
? - daughter Roberts
Their mother died in 1936 and their father remarried in 1943 to the widow Isabella Enid Dodds (nee McCaul 1882-1966)
Iris married William James Clarence George in 1933
. William was born William Clarence Freeman, the 7th of 9 known children of Frank Freeman (1842-1909 aka Frank Sherwood, aka Frank Sherwood Freeman) & Eliza Kinsey (1873-1910) who married in Burnside, Wairarapa in 1887
their children
1902 - 1962 James Albert 'Bert' Roberts (+Martin)
1903 - 1991 Ivy Roberts (+Morris)
1905 - 1999 Harold William Roberts (+Watson)
1906 - 1991 Benjamin Roberts (+Smith)
1909 - 1996 Iris Eleanor Roberts (+Freeman/George)
1911 - 1980 Daisy 'Dot' Roberts (+McIsaac)
? - daughter Roberts
Their mother died in 1936 and their father remarried in 1943 to the widow Isabella Enid Dodds (nee McCaul 1882-1966)
Iris married William James Clarence George in 1933
. William was born William Clarence Freeman, the 7th of 9 known children of Frank Freeman (1842-1909 aka Frank Sherwood, aka Frank Sherwood Freeman) & Eliza Kinsey (1873-1910) who married in Burnside, Wairarapa in 1887
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