Waldo Alpheus Roberts (1908 - 1971)

Born 23 Sep 1908 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Bertha Elizabeth Sharp — married 5 Sep 1944 in Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida, USA

Died 17 Aug 1971 at age 62 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA

Biography

Waldo was born 23 September 1908 in Tampa, Florida.^[1] He was the son of Waldo Franklin Roberts and Louise Agnes Oliver.

He married first Etta Louise (—?—) circa 1928.^[2] Waldo and Etta divorced in 1944 in Hillsborough County.^[3]

He married second Bertha Elizabeth Sharp on 5 September 1944 in St. Augustine, Florida, in a ceremony performed by M. H. Norton, D.D.^[4] The witnesses were Miss Mae Howard and Mrs. M. H. Norton.

Waldo died on 17 August 1971 in Jacksonville, Florida,^[5] and he is buried in Tampa at the Myrtle Hill Memorial Park.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Waldo's full date of birth is carved on his grave marker. It is consistent with his age in the 1910 census, when he lived with his parents in his grandparents' household in Tampa. Foxhunt, "SPS1 Waldo A Roberts," Memorial no. 59338860, posted 28 September 2010; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59338860&ref=acom : accessed September 2016). 1910 U.S. Census, Hillsborough County, Florida, population schedule, Tampa Ward 1, enumeration district 46, stamped page 104, sheet 10A, dwelling 138, family 145, Columbus Alvin household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7884/31111_4327448-00218/154323339?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/190029184403/facts/citation/680101749945/edit/record : accessed September 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T624, roll 162.
2. ↑ According to the 1930 census, the age at first marriage for both Waldo and Etta was two years younger than their present ages. 1930 U.S. Census, Cook County, Illinois, population schedule, Chicago Ward 46, enumeration district 16-1701, stamped page 116, sheet 7B, dwelling 3, family 24, Waldo A. Roberts household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4584289_00237/84744284?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/190029184790/facts/citation/680102755380/edit/record#?imageId=4584289_00237 : accessed September 2016); citing Natonal Archives microfilm T626, roll 488.
3. ↑ "Florida Divorce Index, 1927–2001," Waldo A Roberts and Etta Louise Roberts, 1944, Hillsborough County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKH1-LYN : accessed September 2016).
4. ↑ Saint Johns County Marriage Licenses 21: 415, Waldo Alpheus Roberts and Bertha Elizabeth Sharp, 5 September 1944; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-994X-1RG?i=689&wc=322S-W32%3A146481601%3Fcc%3D1803936&cc=1803936&cat=732230 : accessed September 2016).
5. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Waldo A Roberts, 17 August 1971, Duval County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVJ5-Z7T : accessed September 2016).
6. ↑ Foxhunt, "SPS1 Waldo A Roberts," Memorial no. 59338860, posted 28 September 2010; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59338860&ref=acom : accessed September 2016).