Do These Look Like Rich People?

Mr. Roberts' grandfather Ed Roberts working as a field hand baling hay in 1932 on the Lohses' place. He kept saving money until he and his wife Alma had enough money to put a down payment on their own place in 1943. This was in the middle of the Depression; he was lucky to have work.

He was born in Chico in the 1890's, and only made it to the second grade. Ed Roberts had 8 brothers and sisters, his father was a day laborer (jornalero). Ed's parents never owned their own home, and moved often to be near work, mostly in Glenn County in Northern California.