Tom Winston Roberts (1900 - 1961)

Born 6 Feb 1900 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ida Ruth (Higgins) Roberts — married 15 Dec 1925 in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, USA

Died 5 Apr 1961 at age 61 in Mississippi, United States

Tom Roberts is buried in Hopewell Cemetery.

Biography

Tom Winston Roberts ^[1] was born on Feb 06, 1900 in Mississippi, USA as a child of R. Jacob Roberts and Vicie Arenda.

He died on Apr 05, 1961 in Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 61). ^[2]

When he was 25, he married Ida R Higgins, daughter of Hiram Ross Higgins and Della Runnels, on Dec 10, 1925 in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, USA. ^[3]

Tom Winston Roberts lived in Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son).

He lived in Beat 4, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 26; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head).

He lived in Beat 4, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, USA in 1940 (StreetAddress: MT Carmel S Westville Road; Age: 37; Occupation: Farmer; AttendedSchool: No; ClassofWorker: Working on own account; EmploymentCode: 6; EmploymentDetails: School; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 33-10; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 4th grade; HomeOwnership: Owned; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: Yes; IsEmployed: No; OwnsFarm: Yes; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: Yes; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 600; WeeksWorked: 52; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head). He was employed as a Farmer. Race: (White)

He was buried in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, USA (Hopewell Cemetery). ^[4]

Appears that Tom Winston Roberts and Ida R Higgins ^[5] had no children.

Sources

1. ↑ Funeral Notice for Tom Winston Roberts Clipped from The Magee Courier, 13 Apr 1961, Thu, Page 4
2. ↑ Obituary for Tom Winston Roberts Clipped from The Magee Courier, 13 Apr 1961, Thu, Page 3
3. ↑ Hunting For Bears, comp., Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Ancestry.com. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7842&h=239652&indiv=try Name: Ida Hagens Spouse: T. R. Roberts Marriage Date: 10 Dec 1925 County: Jefferson Davis
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-V886 : 13 December 2015), Tom W Roberts, 1961; Burial, , Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States of America, Hopewell Cemetery; citing record ID 50059565, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50059565.
5. ↑ Obituary for Ida R Higgins Roberts Clipped from The Magee Courier, 22 Oct 1981, Thu, Page 6

• Ruby Roberts Shelton
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB9Y-TRB : 13 March 2018), Tom Roberts, Beat 4, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33-10, sheet 17B, line 47, family 259, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2034.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1H-RS5 : accessed 27 January 2019), Tom Roberts, Beat 4, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 13B, line 80, family 257, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1151; FHL microfilm 2,340,886.