Norman Taylor Robertson
1882 - 1960 (78 years)-
Name Norman Taylor Robertson Birth 4 Jan 1882 Calvert, Robertson, TX Gender Male Census 25 Apr 1910 Montclair, Essex, NJ age 29, born TX, marr 4 yrs, manager at fire ins co, parents born VA/UNK, father & siblings in house WW1 Reg Card 12 Sep 1918 Montclair, Essex, NJ age 36, born 4 Jan 1882, fire ins manager at Fidelity Phoenix Fire Ins Co, NOK Lilla Williams Robertson Death 19 Jul 1960 White Plains, Westchester, NY Person ID I796 Family Tree Last Modified 13 Sep 2014
Father Julian Octavius Robertson, b. 21 Jul 1850, Mathewsville, Pocahontas, VA d. 18 Jul 1920, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 69 years) Mother Mary Taylor, b. 27 Sep 1853, Houston, Harris, TX d. 14 Jul 1906, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 52 years) Marriage 16 Dec 1878 Houston, Harris, TX Histories Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor Family ID F427 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lilla Williams, b. 1881, Alabama [1] Marriage 1906 Children + 1. Mary Robertson, b. 1911, Montclair, Essex, NJ d. 29 Dec 1943, Scarsdale, Westchester, NY (Age 32 years) + 2. Marion Robertson, b. 1915, Montclair, Essex, NJ d. 29 Sep 2007, Pipersville, Bucks, PA (Age 92 years) Histories Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor Family ID F701 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Sep 2014
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Notes - from "The New York Times", 21 Jul 1960 (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
NORMAN ROBERTSON, INSURANCE EXPERT
WHITE PLAINS, July 20 - Norman T. Robertson of 126 Walworth Avenue, former president of the American Eagle Fire Insurance and Continental Insurance Companies, died yesterday at White Plains Hospital. His age was 78. Since 1949 Mr. Robertson had been with the stock exchange brokerage house of Shelby, Cullom, Davis & Co., as a specialist in insurance shares. He was a native of Calvert, Texas, and he joined Cravens & Kelly, general insurance agents, in Houston in 1903. In the ensuing years he held many positions with various companies. He became president of America Eagle in 1921 and president of Continental in 1924. The former company, no longer active, was a member of the America Fore-Loyalty Group, of which Continental is now the parent company. He leave his wife, Lilla; two daughters, Mrs. Marvin T. Young and Mrs. Mary Hyde; two brothers Alfred and Admiral Marion C. Robertson, U.S.N., retired; two sisters, Mrs. Carl Spainhour and Mrs. Alfred Taylor; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
- from "The New York Times", 21 Jul 1960 (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
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Sources - [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 176, 181.
- [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 176, 181.