Blanche-9 Olivia was the daughter of George-8 Leure Warner (1849-1940) and his wife Almedia Rossman (1849-1926).

8 WARNER siblings:

1. Mary May/Mae (Warner) Ryder and Batcher (1870-1926).
2. Edward Jay Warner (1872-1961).
3. Herbert Lonard Warner (1874-1930).
4. Olive E. (Warner) Hubbell (1877-1920).
5. [Self] Blanche Olivia (Warner) Roberts (1879-1970).
6. Nellie Cornelia (Warner) Widdup and Gaskill (1881-1939),
7. Marion P. (Warner) Hubbell (1884-1955).
8. George Warner (1888-1889). [Infant death]
9. Albert Frederick Warner (1896-1939).

Blance married Byron Lavern Roberts (1879-1975) on 9/7/1898 at Ness City, Kansas.

6 WARNER children:

1. Lloyd Fredrick Roberts (1901-1984).
Twins
2. Floyd LaVerne Roberts (1901-1995).

3. Charles Albert Roberts (1906-1986).

4. Murrel Leonard Roberts (1909-1999).

5. Gladys Alberta Roberts Osburn (1912-1991).

6. Lora Darline Roberts Merwin (1915-1999).
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"Michigan Colony" by L. W. Hubbell, pub. in The Jetmore Republican, Jetmore, Hodgeman, Kansas, May 16, 1957.

"In 1885 George L. Warner went to Valley Twp., Hodgeman Co., KS, in a group move of Litchfield, MI folks called the "Michigan Colony". George had a sod house built before the family of the first 7 children and his wife moved there in the fall of 1886. A stone school house was built on George's land after the Colony arrived.

"At the time the colony came West, the tide of immigration was coming in and covered wagons could be seen creeping along the cross-country roads daily.

"In 1900 the family moved back to MI for about 7 years, then returned to Kansas and located on the George Curtis farm near Bellefort, in Ford Co., six miles east of Spearville, KS.

"The family then moved to Stanton Co., Kansas, and farmed their own half section. When George's wife passed away in 1926, he went to live with his children, and lastly with his daughter, Mrs. Blanche Roberts and family."
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Reference:

1880 Clarendon, Calhoun, MI:
Self George Warner M 32 MI
Wife Almeda Warner F 31 MI
Daughter May Warner F 10 MI [Mary May/Mae]
Son Eddie Warner M 7 MI
Son Herbert Warner M 5 MI
Daughter Olive Warner F 2 MI
-->Daughter Blanch Warner F 0 MI [Blanche]

1890

1900 Center, Sawlog & Valley Twp., Jetmore, Hodgeman, Kansas
Head Byron L. Robert M 21 Iowa
Wife Blanch O. Robert F 21 MI [Blanche]
Nephew Ralph W. Robert M 9 Kansas

1910 Brown, Edwards, Kansas
head Byron L. Roberts M 30 Iowa
Wife Blanche L. Roberts F 30 Michigan
Son Loyd F. Roberts M 7 Kansas
Son Floyd L. Roberts M 7 Kansas
Son Charlie A. Roberts M 4 Kansas
Son Merl L. Roberts M 0 Kansas
Brother Charlie S. Roberts M 38 Iowa
Father Albert M. Roberts M 68 Michigan

1920 Stanton, Kansas
Byron L. Roberts M 40 Iowa
Wife Blanche Roberts F 40 Michigan
Son Floyd Roberts M 19 Kansas
Son Dyod Roberts M 19 Kansas
Son Chas Roberts M 14 Kansas
Son Murriel Roberts M 9 Kansas
Daughter Gladys Roberts F 6 Kansas
Daughter Darline Roberts F 4 Kansas

1930 Holly, Powers, Colorado:
Head Byron T. Roberts M 50 Iowa
Wife Blanche O. Roberts F 50 Michigan
Son Charly A. Roberts M 24 Kansas
Son Meel L. Roberts M 20 Kansas
Daughter Darlie L. Roberts F 14 Kansas

1940 Crowley, Colorado:
head Byron L. Roberts F 60 Iowa
Wife Blanche O. Roberts F 60 Michigan
Father-in-law Geo L. Warner M 90 Michigan
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Obituary:

Blanche Olivia Warner was born in Butler, Michigan on August 24, 1879 to George and Almedia Warner and passed to her eternal reward January 29, 1970 at Hugo, Colorado. When a young girl she moved with her family to Kansas, where she met and married Byron L. Roberts at Ness City, Kansas on September 7, 1898. To this union were born six children.

The Roberts were farmers and ranchers in western Kansas and Arkansas Valley of Colorado for many years. They made their home upon retirement in La Junta, until about four years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts became residents of the Lincoln Community Nursing Home at Hugo. They celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary quietly last September 7th at the home. Mrs Roberts was the last living member of several brothers and sisters.

Mrs. Roberts has accepted Christ as her Savior and was a member of the Church of the Nazarene here in La Junta. Grandma Roberts was loved and respected by family and friends and leaves to mourn her loss her husband, Byron L. Roberts, four sons, the oldest two being twins, Floyd L. of Karval, Lloyd F. of Post Falls, Idaho, Charley A. of Chewelah, Washington, Murrel L. of Littleton, Colorado; Mrs. Alberta Osburn, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and Mrs. Darline Merwin, La Junta, Colorado; twenty six grandchildren, sixty seven great-grandchildren, eleven great-great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
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Funeral for Mrs. Bryon L. (Blanche Olivia) Roberts, 90, will be held Monday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. at First Church of the Nazarene, 10th and Colorado, La Junta. The Rev. Corbie Grimes, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery.

Mrs. Roberts died Thursday evening, Jan. 29 at Lincoln Community Nursing Home in Hugo. She had resided in La Junta until February 1966 when she moved to the nursing home.

Survivors include her husband, Byron L., of the nursing home; two daughters, Mrs. Darline Merwin, La Junta; Mrs. Alberta Osburn, Coeur d'Alene, Ida; four sons, Floyd, Karval; Lloyd, Post Falls, Ida; Charles, Chewelah, Wash; Myrle, Denver, 20 grandchildren, 47 great grandchildren and 10 great great-great grandchildren.
(La Junta Tribune-Democrat Thus. Jan 20, 1970)
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WARNER Lineage: Blanche-9 Olivia (Warner) Roberts, George-8 Leure Warner, George-7 Velorus Warner, David-6 Calvin Warner Jr., David-5 Calvin Warner Sr., Jesse-4 Warner Sr., Samuel-3 Warner Sr., Daniel-2 Warner Sr., Andrew-1 WARNER, an Englishman who sailed with his wife and several children to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632-33 from Broad Oak, Essex, England.
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Obituaries from Maxine Sheel, 2012.
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Census search: Fraya Weiss, 2013.