William Henry Probert - My English Roots

 11 Scotch  Hill in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland is where the home that was owned by William Henry Probert lived with his family.  He was a miner in a coal mine the year was 1910. 

Published by Fowler and Kelly, 1905

William Henry Probert was born in Newland, Gloucestershire, England on 13 March 1852 Thomas Probert and Mary (Price) Probert his wife. He was baptized on 11 April 1852 in a church in Newland, Gloucestershire, England and is had 5 siblings. 

William Henry Probert

On 11 March 1877 William married Sarah Curtis at Cinderford, St. John, Gloucestershire, England, and a few months later Florence Emaline Probert was born and in October of 1878 Sarah dies in Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, England.

In 1880 William, his parents, most of his sisters and his young daughter all immigrated to America and in 1897 William Henry Probert married the beautiful Anna Irene Dutton.

Anna Irene Dutton

 1900 William his wife Anna and their daughter Charlotte Irene Probert were living at #47 East Main Street in a Duplex that was owned by his sister Mary Ann (Probert) Hadley. This duplex became known as the Mary Hadley Tenant House and was located in the Historic District of Lonaconing. It has/had tremendous Maryland historic value. The house has been demolished. 

By the time William is 65 it is 1920 and  he is living in Baltimore at 507 North Stricker Street with his wife and 6 children. He is working at a Munitions Plant as a Laborer. 1926 they have moved from the inner city row housing to a Duplex on Wrenwood and William works as a Watchman. By 1930 the family has moved houses to a single family dwelling on Cedarcroft. 

On November 26 1936 William who is 84 dies from heart complications. He is buried in Frostburg Memorial Park in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland.