George Everette Robertson (abt. 1861 - 1949)

Born about 3 Apr 1861 in Wake County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Lenora C (Weathers) Robertson — married 11 Jan 1886 in Wake, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1949 at about age 87 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

George was born in 1861 in Wake County, North Carolina. He was the son of Everett Pearce Robertson (abt.1831-abt.1911) and Martha Ann (Herring) Robertson (1834-1911).

According to newspaper accounts and the U.S. Census records, George was a merchant in the town of Little River in Wake County, North Carolina.

George married Lenora Catherine Weathers in 1868. George and Lenora had twelve children and raised them in Little River, North Carolina.

He passed away in 1949. He is buried at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery, Wendell, North Carolina.

Research Notes

• George and Lenora have two children who were born before their certified marriage date. Both of those children, David Juston Robertson (born October 1880) and Mary Leila Robertson (born 1883), provide both George and Lenora as their parents at the times of marriage and death.

• Marriage record is from 1886 and marriage date provided for 1900 U.S. Census was 1880.

• Both George and Lenora were single and living with parents in June of 1880 at the time of the 1880 U.S. Census.

Sources

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJQ-2LQX : 9 March 2021), George E Robertson and Lenora C Weathers, 11 Jan 1886; citing Wake, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,312,846.

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPNV-HY3 : 29 September 2022), George Everette Robertson, 1949.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36085639/george-everette-robertson: accessed 14 June 2023), memorial page for George Everette Robertson (Apr 1861–13 Mar 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36085639, citing Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery, Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Charlotte nmn Hardamon (contributor 46886606).Find A Grave: Memorial #36085639

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWD3-THC : 29 May 2021), George Robertson in entry for E T Robertson, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS19-R15 : 9 March 2022), George Robbertson, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSS-L48 : accessed 14 June 2023), George E Robinson, Little River, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 99, sheet 5A, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1135; FHL microfilm 1,375,148.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJX-8LM : 3 February 2021), George Robertson, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37X-Z25 : accessed 14 June 2023), Geo E Robertson, Little River, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 5B, line 91, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1725; FHL microfilm 2,341,459.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWQT-WXD : 9 January 2021), George E Robertson, Little River Township, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92-18, sheet 15A, line 2, family 229, 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 2981.