Bertha Roby was actually not orphaned. I believe her mother, Elizabeth Ann Lilly, died when her younger sister Hattie was born. Her father, Rodney Roby lived until 1909 and was in touch with Hattie, who was raised by an aunt and uncle, and Hattie and her son were at Bertha's funeral, also in 1909. According to a letter from Hattie in 1927 to their older brother Fred Warren Roby, married to my great-grandmother and living in Middletown, CT, Bertha had a pretty bad time of it with the Coys. I don't know if she was raised by them but Hattie talks about them not letting her go around with young people at all.
I am looking for Hattie's exact birth, death and any children other than her son George. Her married name was Mears.
Thanks, Beth