Mary Elizabeth (White) Robertson (1879 - 1944)

Born 2 Mar 1879 in Weston, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Angus Robertson — married 23 Jul 1903 in Weston, Massachusetts

Died 19 Aug 1944 at age 65 in Brookline, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Mary was the fifth of ten children in the family of Peter and Margaret Tibeau White.^[1] She was born in Weston, Massachusetts.^[2] When she was 21, Mary was helping her widowed mother manage the family home.^[3]

Mary married Angus Robertson when she was 23 years old.^[4] He was 32 and working in automobile manufacturing.

In 1918, Elizabeth and Angus were living in Philadelphia where Angus was foreman of the Auto Car Company.^[5]Elizabeth's brother Lewis Henry White may have been living with Elizabeth and Angus in 1920.^[6]

Elizabeth and Angus continued living in Pennsylvania. Angus was working as a machinist in 1930.^[7]In 1940, he was foreman for a truck manufacturer.^[8]

Elizabeth died of arteriosclerosis at age 68, in Brookline, Pennsylvania.^[9]She and her husband's are buried in Linwood Cemetery, (Lot 6, Plot B) in Weston, with her mother and several other White family members.^[10]

Research Notes

Elizabeth's death certificate lists her birthdate as July 22, 1876. However, her birth was registered in the Weston Town Records as March 2, 1879

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH6T-XQN : accessed 2 March 2015), Mary E White in household of Peter White, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district 383, sheet 36C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0539; FHL microfilm 1,254,539.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12051-217898-96?cc=1536925 : accessed 04 Jun 2014), 004341196 > image 453 of 899; Citing Massachusetts Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12348-99860-85?cc=1325221 : accessed 2 March 2015), Massachusetts > Middlesex > ED 993 Weston town > image 29 of 37; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHRK-B3J : accessed 11 Jul 2014), Angus Robertson and Mary Elizabeth White, 21 Jul 1903; citing reference Weston, Mass; FHL microfilm 771079.
5. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6KX-8TZ : accessed 1 September 2015), Angus Robertson, 1917-1918; citing Philadelphia City no 48, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,907,957.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFYB-6BS : accessed 14 February 2016), Elizabeth Robertson in household of Augus Robertson, Philadelphia Ward 46, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 4B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,647.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHS6-MQY : accessed 1 September 2015), Angus Robertson, Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0071, sheet 3A, family 62, line 6, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2031; FHL microfilm 2,341,765.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ8Y-4R2 : accessed 1 September 2015), Angus Robertson, Haverford Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-93, sheet 20A, family 577, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3492.
9. ↑ Certificate of Death, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Certificate No. 71419, Registered no. 147, August 19, 1944. Her death record indicates she was buried in Weston, Massachusetts.
10. ↑ Email message from William C. O’Neil, Town of Weston Parks & Cemeteries Division to T. Frohnapfel, White family researcher, June 1, 2016.