The Roberts Family

TO: Helen Tovey
helen.t@family-tree.co.uk

THE ROBERTS FAMILY
By Paul Dale Roberts

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I would like to share a story with you, along with some family photos. The very old black and white photos are family photos I came across in an old dusty cobweb filled box in our home attic. Their names are unknown. I do know that I am related to the Valtilles. There is an old family legend about the Valtilles, who are also related to the Bossu family of Lille, France. The story goes that a newspaper or a magazine ran an advertisement that if a Valtille could provide them information on where the Valtille name came from, that this Valtille would win an inheritance from the noble line of Valtilles. The secret was that the Valtilles originated from England and were known as the Waltilles and changed their name to Valtille for unknown reasons. This of course is a family legend that has been passed down through generations. The Valtilles through marriage are supposed to have two relatives (a husband and wife) that were on the doomed fated Titanic. The story goes that the woman refused to take off her money belt when she hit the water and the husband tried desperately to have her take off the money belt. She refused and drowned. The husband lived. The Valtilles finally moved to Oklahoma and that is where my grandmother Sophie Roberts comes in. Sophie Roberts was originally a "Valtille". She was known in Lehigh, Oklahoma as the "angry French woman", for reasons unknown to me. She moved into a home in Lehigh, Oklahoma that was built on the blood money of a former sheriff who killed a man for his money and built the home that Sophie Roberts moved into with her husband, my grandfather Emile Roberts. Sophie had 2 sons, Paul Marceau Roberts and George Roberts. Paul Marceau Roberts is my father. Her daughter was Yvonne (Leaird) Roberts. The second picture is of my father Paul Marceau Roberts who became a State government tax investigator/auditor and later a tax administrator II for the government. Paul Marceau Roberts investigated cases that involved the Church of Scientology and a corporation run by the former gangster Mickey Cohen. On these cases, my father worked side-by-side with the IRS. Paul Marceau Roberts gained his pilot's license and would fly small Cessna airplanes for fun and would eventually travel around the world on lavish vacations to exotic places from Portugal to Gibraltar and of course France. He served in the Army, while the Korean War was going on and served as a lineman for a Signal Battalion in Korea. His wife, my mother featured in the second picture is Rosemarie Roberts, formerly known as Rosita Causing. Rosemarie Roberts was a Rosie the Riveteer in WWII and as a teenager labored in grape fields in Imperial Valley. Rosemarie Roberts favorite places to vacation was only Mexico and Hawaii. My mother was of Filipino, Chinese and Mexican descent and families that were connected to her were Soyo, Tanzo, Guyo, Villalobos, Ayala, Rodriguez, Guitterrez, Lafayette. My mother died in 1987 of breast cancer. On the Roberts side, the Roberts are related to Richer, Abrasard, Laloux, Farris, Lambert, Tournay and White. The small boy in the second picture is me.

My two half brothers were Andres "Andy" Somprise Soyo and Joseph "Joe" Soyo. My mother Rosita Causing aka Rosemarie Roberts had two sons out of wedlock. Andy Soyo's father was Joe Auello and Joseph Soyo's father was Alfred Randall. Legend has it, that the Roberts family is related to Bartholemew "Black Bart" Roberts the pirate. When traveling to Wales, I met many Roberts and the Roberts that I met make claim to being related to the pirate. Black Bart was a colorful character and it seems to me that colorful people run in my family by blood, or we are attracted to them by marriage. Here are some of the colorful characters in my family and how they are connected to the Roberts bloodline.

Lydia (McDonald) Ayala - My mother's sister. Former Napa State Hospital Nurse, married to a fireman.

Clement Valtille - French Foreign Legion soldier. Great, great uncle from my father's side.

Fidencio "Chuy/El Lobo" Villalobos - Great uncle on my mother's side. Former wrestler. Wrestled with Pepper Gomez. As a wrestler, wore a black ski mask and called himself El Lobo. Injured his back and his career came to a halt. Golden Glove Boxer and Black Belt in Karate. Has a son that is a former San Jose Gypsy Joker and now Hell's Angel. Has another son named Will, former Marine and now Hell's Angel. Cousin related to Fidencio is Tony Alva.

Jose "Joe" Causing - My mother's brother. Former 101st Airborne Division aka "Screaming Eagles"; Korean War Veteran. Former Merchant Marine. Drummer for a jazz band. 12th degree sage - Gung Fu. Learned Gung Fu from Bruce Lee School in Oakland, CA

Captain Crazy Jeff Voshell - 2nd husband to my sister Sharon Diane Roberts. Jeff owned a boat called the Orion and would take tourists to different islands in the Caribbean. Jeff was quite the character and some people on the island say that Kurt Russell who played Captain Ron was based on Jeff.

Landon Gerard - Cousin from my mother's side. Comic book artist.

Bret Hodson - Cousin from my mother's side. Independent Film Producer and comic book creator.

Manuel "Manny" Ayala - My mother's brother. Former California Highway Patrolman - has daughter named Nanette Wahleithner.

Josie Ayala - My mother's sister. Former California Highway Radio Dispatcher and former President of the CHP Union.

Robert Crain Jr. - Cousin from my mother's side. Former California Highway Patrolman. Private Investigator with his company Arcy Investigations.

Illianna Vega - My daughter who lives in Arizona. Former Tucson police officer. Former correctional officer for Arizona Department of Corrections - Perryville; Arizona State Prison Complex.

Deanna Jaxine Stinson - My wife. Author. Paranormal Investigator. Psychic Medium. Tarot Card Reader. See her IMDB here: www.imdb.com/name/nm8381510/

Paul Dale Roberts - (ME) - Former Guinness Book of World Record Holder for 205 Hours of Disco Dancing - former comic book reviewer; former Military Intelligence; former CID (Criminal Investigation Division) US Army - DST (Drug Suppression Team); Author. Paranormal Investigator. See my full bio here: jazmaonline.boards.net/thread/937/paul-dale-roberts-biography-revised