Biography
Roberta McCain is the centenarian widow of Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. and mother of the Republican Arizona Senator and two-time Presidential candidate John S. McCain III. Roberta Wright and her identical twin sister Rowena (1912–2011) were born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on February 7, 1912. Her parents, Archibald Wright, a Los Angeles oil wildcatter, and Myrtle Fletcher, were married in Cleburne, Texas, on June 18, 1901.[1]
Roberta McCain died on October 12, 2020, at the age of 108.[2]
For a full Biography of Roberta, please see Wikipedia:Roberta_McCain
Sources
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K76J-BP9 : accessed 27 August 2018), John Mccain in household of John Mccain, Ward 3, Annapolis, Election District 6, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-38, sheet 17A, line 6, family 395, 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 1502.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVZ-T6B : accessed 12 November 2016), Roberta Wright in household of Archie Wright, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 224, sheet 1B, line 78, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 141; FHL microfilm 2,339,876.
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1G-ZG9 : accessed 12 November 2016), Roberta Wright in household of Archie Wright, Muskogee Ward 4, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 92, sheet 14B, line 62, family 365, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1478; FHL microfilm 1,821,478.
- ↑ Reitwiesner, William Addams. "Ancestry of Sen. John McCain". William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Services.
- ↑ Roberta McCain, John McCain’s Mother, Dies at 108. Courthouse News. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
See Also
- Character is Destiny by Senator John McCain
- John McCain's mother turns 104
- John McCain's mother turns 100
- Roberta McCain in her own words-Interview