Michael ROBERTS

1817 - 1882  (65 years)

• Name	Michael ROBERTS
  Birth	10 May 1817
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Oct 1882
  Person ID	I3357	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2016

  
  

  Family	Kate Roberts ATKIN,   b. 1 May 1831   d. 12 Feb 1916 (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	25 Feb 1851	St. Peter's Church, Dublin, Ireland   [1]
  Children	1. Michael Randall ROBERTS,   b. 1861   2. John Drew ROBERTS,   b. 23 Oct 1864, Kingstown d. 8 Jun 1931 (Age 66 years)   3. Walter Theodore Pepper ROBERTS,   b. 1868   4. Georgina ROBERTS   5. Katherine ROBERTS   d. 21 Apr 1932   6. Lydia ROBERTS   d. 19 Jul 1925   7. Florence Susan ROBERTS
  Family ID	F1345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 25 Feb 1851 - St. Peter's Church, Dublin, Ireland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Index to Act ot Grant Books to Original Wills of Diocese of Dublin to1800-1858. ATKIN, Kate Roberts & Michael ROBERTS, Marr. Lic. 1851. Marriage Notice .. Southern Reporter.... Thurs 27 Feb 1851 … At St.Peter's Church on the 25th inst. By the Rev. William ROBERTS F.T.D.,Michael ROBERTS, Fellow of Trinity College and eldest son of Capt.ROBERTS of Kilmoney Abbey, Co. Cork, to Kate daug of John Drew ATKIN Esq.of Merrion Square and grandaughter of the later Sir Thomas ROBERTS Bartof Britsfieldtown, Co. Cork. Michael ROBERTS was a brilliant mathematician and Fellow of TrinityCollege, Dublin. He invented "quaternions' to deal with the addition ofvectors before ' dot & cross' products were invented.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1739] Cork Southern Reporter Newspaper 27 Feb 1851, Marr., Ireland.