Roberta was born in early Seattle, the fifth of the six children of George Frederick Frye and Louisa Catherine Denny Frye and a granddaughter of Seattle pioneer
Arthur Armstrong Denny.
As a teenager, she took tickets for performances at the Frye Opera House, before it was destroyed in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. In her late teens, she taught at the local school, then she attended Goucher College in Baltimore for one year and was presented at the White House during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
On July 11, 1911, she married P. H. Watt at a ceremony in the family home. In 1931, her book "4 Wagons West, the Story of Seattle," a history of Seattle from its founding in 1851, was published to local acclaim. After her husband died in 1938, she traveled, managed the family's financial interests, and enjoyed her role as mother and grandmother. She retained a keen interest in Seattle history and culture until her death.
Arthur Armstrong Denny.
As a teenager, she took tickets for performances at the Frye Opera House, before it was destroyed in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. In her late teens, she taught at the local school, then she attended Goucher College in Baltimore for one year and was presented at the White House during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
On July 11, 1911, she married P. H. Watt at a ceremony in the family home. In 1931, her book "4 Wagons West, the Story of Seattle," a history of Seattle from its founding in 1851, was published to local acclaim. After her husband died in 1938, she traveled, managed the family's financial interests, and enjoyed her role as mother and grandmother. She retained a keen interest in Seattle history and culture until her death.
Roberta was born in early Seattle, the fifth of the six children of George Frederick Frye and Louisa Catherine Denny Frye and a granddaughter of Seattle pioneer
Arthur Armstrong Denny.
As a teenager, she took tickets for performances at the Frye Opera House, before it was destroyed in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. In her late teens, she taught at the local school, then she attended Goucher College in Baltimore for one year and was presented at the White House during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
On July 11, 1911, she married P. H. Watt at a ceremony in the family home. In 1931, her book "4 Wagons West, the Story of Seattle," a history of Seattle from its founding in 1851, was published to local acclaim. After her husband died in 1938, she traveled, managed the family's financial interests, and enjoyed her role as mother and grandmother. She retained a keen interest in Seattle history and culture until her death.
Arthur Armstrong Denny.
As a teenager, she took tickets for performances at the Frye Opera House, before it was destroyed in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. In her late teens, she taught at the local school, then she attended Goucher College in Baltimore for one year and was presented at the White House during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
On July 11, 1911, she married P. H. Watt at a ceremony in the family home. In 1931, her book "4 Wagons West, the Story of Seattle," a history of Seattle from its founding in 1851, was published to local acclaim. After her husband died in 1938, she traveled, managed the family's financial interests, and enjoyed her role as mother and grandmother. She retained a keen interest in Seattle history and culture until her death.
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