Pearl Blanche (Jennings) Roberts (1895 - 1970)

Born 28 Feb 1895 in Elizabeth, Posey Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States

Died Mar 1970 at age 75 in Vigo, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Pearl was born in 1895 to George Washington Jennings (1872-1897) and Cora Anna Duley Jennings Berks (1873-1946). Her father passed away in 1897 and she is listed with her widowed mother and two siblings (Lucy and William) on the 1900 Census.^[1] Her mother was remarried to Jesse Berks and Pearl is listed with her mother and her stepfather on the 1910 Census.^[2] She passed away in 1970.

Marriage License

• Pearl Blanche Jennings: Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019
• Name: Charles Edward Roberts
• Event Type: Marriage License
• Event Date: 22 Mar 1919
• Event Place: Floyd, Indiana, United States
• Event Place (Original): Floyd, Indiana, United States
• Residence Place: New Albany, , Indiana
• Sex: Male
• Age (Estimated): 22
• Race: White
• Race (Original): White
• Birth Date: 15 May 1897
• Birthplace: Elizabeth, , Indiana
• Father's Name: James Walter Roberts
• Mother's Name: Margaret Lemmel
• Spouse's Name: Pearl Blanche Jennings
• Spouse's Residence Place: New Albany, , Indiana
• Spouse's Residence City: New Albany
• Spouse's Residence State: Indiana
• Spouse's Sex: Female
• Spouse's Race: White
• Spouse's Race (Original): White
• Spouse's Birth Date: 28 Feb 1895
• Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 24
• Spouse's Birthplace: Elizabeth, , Indiana
• Spouse's Father's Name: Geo Washington Jennings
• Spouse's Mother's Name: Cora Anna Dooley [or Duley]
• Officiator's Name: Thomas E Fogle
• Birth Town: Elizabeth
• Number of Images: 1
  • Source^[3]

Pearl is listed with Charles/Charley on both: the 1920 Census^[4] and the 1930 Census^[5] It is believed that Pearl and Charley were divorced sometime between 1930-1940. He is listed with a second wife; Stella on the 1940 Census.

Although a marriage record has not yet been located and she is listed as Roberts on both her record of death and her tombstone: Pearl and her two daughters from her marriage to Charley are listed in the home of Edward Henderickson on the 1940 Census:

• Pearl Hendrickson: United States Census, 1940
• Name: Pearl Hendrickson
• Sex: Female
• Age: 45
• Event Date: 1940 •
• Event Place: New Albany, New Albany Township, Floyd, Indiana, United States
• Event Place (Original): New Albany Township, New Albany Township, New Albany, Ward 3, New Albany, 22-16, Floyd, Indiana, United States
• Event Type: Census
• Residence Date: 1935
• Residence Place: Indiana
• Birth Date: 1895
• Birthplace: Indiana
• Marital Status: Married
• Race: White
• Ethnicity: American
• Relationship to Head of Household: WIFE
• Enumeration District Number: 22-16 New Albany Township, New Albany City Ward 3 bounded by (N) Vincennes; (E) Vincennes; (S) Beeler; (W) ward line, city limits
• Sheet Letter: B
• Sheet Number: 10
• Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
• Edward F Hendrickson HEAD Male 55 Indiana
• Pearl Hendrickson WIFE Female 45 Indiana
• Norma Jean Roberts Stepdaughter Female 16 Indiana
• Georgia Lee Roberts Stepdaughter Female 15 Indiana

Record of Death

• Pearl Roberts: United States Social Security Death Index
• Name: Pearl Roberts
• Given Name: Pearl
• Surname: Roberts [Jennings]
• State: Indiana
• Residence Place: Indiana
• Last Place of Residence: Vigo, Indiana
• Previous Residence Postal Code: 47805
• Age: 75
• Birth Date: 28 Feb 1895
• Death Date: Mar 1970
  • Source^[6]

Burial

• Pearl B. Roberts: Find A Grave Index
• Name: Pearl B. Roberts
• Event Type: Burial
• Event Place: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States of America
• Age (Estimated): 75
• Photograph Included: Y
• Birth Date: 1895
• Death Date: 1970
• Cemetery: Roselawn Memorial Park
• Affiliate Record Identifier: 118648555
• Affiliate Image Identifier: 118648555
  • Source^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM19-QD8 : 30 November 2021), Pearl B Jennings in entry for Cora A Jennings, 1900.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKGV-R5C : accessed 2 September 2022), Pearl Jennings in household of Jesse Berks, New Albany Ward 6, Floyd, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 1A, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 349; FHL microfilm 1,374,362.
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFMZ-KYK : 3 August 2022), Charles Edward Roberts and Pearl Blanche Jennings, 22 Mar 1919; citing Floyd, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004540475.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF7M-GD5 : 1 February 2021), Pearl Roberts in entry for Charles Roberts, 1920.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHMF-7J6 : accessed 2 September 2022), Pearl B Roberts in household of Charles E Roberts, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 3A, line 7, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 588; FHL microfilm 2,340,323.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9WV-4TR : 9 January 2021), Pearl Roberts, Mar 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118648555/pearl-b-roberts: accessed 02 September 2022), memorial page for Pearl B. Roberts (1895–1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 118648555, citing Roselawn Memorial Park, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Darrelll (contributor 47584308) .