Robert Bruce Oliver (1898 - 1921)

Born 12 Nov 1898 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA

Ancestors

Died 21 Nov 1921 at age 23 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Robert and his brother Roger were twins. Robert died of septicemia from acute appendicitis and gall stones. He was only 22. He never married and had no children. His draft card and Roger's said they were born in 1899, but everywhere else it's 1898. They registered in September of 1918 and didn't have a birthday until November. The later birth date would have put them 17 almost 18. Perhaps the year difference kept them out of the war. In 1918, Robert worked as an Electrician for American Electric Company and lived at home with his parents at 2517 Sunnyside Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. He is described as being short with a medium build; gray eyes and dark hair - very different from his twin.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M91P-L47 : 20 January 2015), Robert B Oliver in household of Edward B Oliver, Albion city Ward 2, Calhoun, Michigan, United States; citing sheet 2B, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,704.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MP8X-MZK : 29 October 2015), Robert B Oliver in household of Edward D Oliver, Gulfport Ward 1, Harrison, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 17B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,754.
• Ancestry.com Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record;
• Ancestry.com Title: Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
• Ancestry.com Title: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;
• Michigan Death Certificate. Seeking Michigan. http://seekingmichigan.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16317coll1/id/40287/rec/3
• UNITED STATES WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G146-PVG?i=3342&wc=9FC6-YWL%3A928312901%2C928977401%3Fcc%3D1968530&cc=1968530