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John Hugh Roberts (1828-1917) |
This web site includes information on the "Roberts
Project", the Roberts Heritage Foundation, the life
of the Roberts family in Vancouver, Tomhu Huron Roberts
paintings and part of the story of John Hugh Roberts - who
called himself the "Last Recorder of the Druids".
Thought to be born in Wales, Roberts immigrated to Canada
in the early 1850's and after some time in Ontario and Iowa,
eventually came west and settled in Vancouver in the year
1883 where he homesteaded at 10th Ave and Quebec. He spent
his time writing his diaries and the druid writings in these
early days of Vancouver. He wrote a vast amount of material
both factual, in his diaries and mystical in his druid recordings.
He succumbed to old age in 1917 in Point Grey.
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His writings, 50 years of diaries and his mystical writings
remained undiscovered until 1978. Shortly after this I became
involved in researching his diaries, writings and mystical
codes. The research behind these mystical writings have taken
me to Wales many times, from Ireland, Cornwall, to Mexico,
to Peru following up on many of the incredible details he
wrote some 150 years ago.
Roberts was led to believe that he had been born to the Roberts
family but late in his life he was to discover that he was
a foundling, a lone survivor of a ship that went down off
Cornwall in 1828.
Raised and educated by three woman, one from Cornwall, one from
North Wales and one from Brettany, they taught him ancient
languages and many ceremonies, that he always seemed to have
the chief parts to play.
These ceremonies took place in many ocean coves and ancient
stone circles in Lands End, Cornwall and in Central and
North Wales. The Gaelcerth,
the Festival of the Red Swords
and many other ceremonies were performed.
Dale Bertrand, 2005
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Copyright and TM 1979-2008 Dale Bertrand
& Della Burford .
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