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Alfred T Robertson

Male 1889 - 1963  (74 years)


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  • Name Alfred T Robertson 
    Birth 13 Feb 1889  Calvert, Robertson, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 25 Apr 1910  Montclair, Essex, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Taylor, age 21, born TX, living with father in brother Norman's house 
    WW1 Reg Card 5 Jun 1917  Houston, Harris, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 28, born 13 Feb 1889 in Calvert TX, single, fire insurance adjuster 
    Census 26 Jan 1920  McAllen, Hidalgo, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 30, born TX, local agent for insurance co, parents born VA/TX 
    Census 8 Apr 1930  Houston, Harris, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 41, born TX, marr at 29, salesman at fire insurance co, parents born VA/TX 
    Census 10 Apr 1940  Houston, Harris, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 51, born TX, C2 ed, residing here in 1935, manager at general ins co 
    WW2 Reg Card 1942  Houston, Harris, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 52, born 13 Feb 1889 in Calvert TX, employer Robertson Ins Co, NOK Mrs. A.J. Robertson 
    Death May 1963 
    Burial Forest Lawn Cemetery, Houston, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2395  Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2022 

    Father Julian Octavius Robertson,   b. 21 Jul 1850, Mathewsville, Pocahontas, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1920, Houston, Harris, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Mary Taylor,   b. 27 Sep 1853, Houston, Harris, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1906, Houston, Harris, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 16 Dec 1878  Houston, Harris, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Histories
    Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor
    Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor
    Family ID F427  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ora L Dierlam,   b. 16 Nov 1894, Port Lavaca, Calhoun, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1960, Houston, Harris, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [1
    Children 
    +1. Alfred Taylor Robertson,   b. 24 Jan 1920, McAllen, Hidalgo, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 2011, McAllen, Hidalgo, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    +2. Norman Taylor Robertson,   b. 1 Mar 1923, McAllen, Hidalgo, TX Find all individuals with events at this location
    Histories
    Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor
    Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor
    Family ID F690  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2016 

  • Notes 
    • from "The Shreveport Journal", 29 May 1963 (newspapers.com)
      Funeral services for Alford Taylor Robinson, 74, of 7048 Creswell Drive, retired owner of the Robertson Insurance Agency in Houston, Tex., will be held in Houston. The body was sent today from the Osborne Funeral Home here to the George H. Lewis Funeral Home in Houston. Mr. Robinson, who had lived in Shreveport for the last two years, died Saturday night in Schumpert Sanitarium. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Houston, and a national director of the Lions Clubs. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. R.L. Lindsay of Shreveport; a son, Alford Taylor Robinson Jr., of McAllen Tex., five grandchildren and two sisters.

  • Sources 
    1. [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 181.