Anthony Boyle ROBESON
Unmarried.
Resided at Farmville,VA. Participated in the lumber business. I have another birthdate of abt 1859 in Jonathan Robeson Tree.
When a youth, he served 2 years in the Steel Works at Scranton, in 1885 he was engaged by a Mining Company in Venezuela; it took 21 days to arrive at the "Callio Gold Mine". He remained there 4 years, and when he left he was Chief Engineer.He returned to the States, he entered the Boston School of Technology. In 1893,he accepted an offer of the DeBeers Diamond Minimg Company if Kimberley South Africa, where he remained until 1898. After leaving Kimberley he studied at Columbia University New York City, and then to Douglas Island Alaska as manager of the large gold mines located there. A year after he was again called to South Africa, to the gold mines of Johannesburg. When the book was written, he had retiredfrom active business and had a residence on the Isle of Jersey, England; spending much time in other Countries. When a youth, he served 2 years in the Steel Works at Scranton, in 1885 he was engaged by a Mining Company in Venezuela; it took 21 days to arrive at the "Callio Gold Mine". He remained there 4 years, and when he left he was Chief Engineer.He returned to the States, he entered the Boston School of Technology. In 1893,he accepted an offer of the DeBeers Diamond Minimg Company if Kimberley South Africa, where he remained until 1898. After leaving Kimberley he studied at Columbia University New York City, and then to Douglas Island Alaska as manager of the large gold mines located there. A year after he was again called to South Africa, to the gold mines of Johannesburg. When the book was written, he had retiredfrom active business and had a residence on the Isle of Jersey, England; spending much time in other Countries.
He married Ellen G. Clizbe 1847 . Ellen G. Clizbe was born at NJ 13 Apr 1826 .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Anna Eliza Robeson
born 6 May 1848.
Martha Robeson
born 30 Jan 1850.
George Maxwell Robeson
born 20 Oct 1854.
Mary Robeson
born 23 May 1859.
Anthony Maurice Robeson
born 19 Sep 1863.
Anthony Boyle Robeson died 2 Apr 1864 at Belvidere, Warren, New Jersey .
Ellen G. Clizbe died 15 Aug 1885 .