Alfred T Robertson

1889 - 1963  (74 years)

• Name	Alfred T Robertson
  Birth	13 Feb 1889	Calvert, Robertson, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	25 Apr 1910	Montclair, Essex, NJ ; Taylor, age 21, born TX, living with father in brother Norman's house
  WW1 Reg Card	5 Jun 1917	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 28, born 13 Feb 1889 in Calvert TX, single, fire insurance adjuster
  Census	26 Jan 1920	McAllen, Hidalgo, TX ; age 30, born TX, local agent for insurance co, parents born VA/TX
  Census	8 Apr 1930	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 41, born TX, marr at 29, salesman at fire insurance co, parents born VA/TX
  Census	10 Apr 1940	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 51, born TX, C2 ed, residing here in 1935, manager at general ins co
  WW2 Reg Card	1942	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 52, born 13 Feb 1889 in Calvert TX, employer Robertson Ins Co, NOK Mrs. A.J. Robertson
  Death	May 1963
  Burial		Forest Lawn Cemetery, Houston, TX
  Person ID	I2395	Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Julian Octavius Robertson,   b. 21 Jul 1850, Mathewsville, Pocahontas, VA d. 18 Jul 1920, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Taylor,   b. 27 Sep 1853, Houston, Harris, TX d. 14 Jul 1906, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1878	Houston, Harris, TX
  Histories		Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ora L Dierlam,   b. 16 Nov 1894, Port Lavaca, Calhoun, TX d. 21 Jul 1960, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 65 years)  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Alfred Taylor Robertson,   b. 24 Jan 1920, McAllen, Hidalgo, TX d. 17 Nov 2011, McAllen, Hidalgo, TX (Age 91 years) + 2. Norman Taylor Robertson,   b. 1 Mar 1923, McAllen, Hidalgo, TX
  Histories		Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor
  Family ID	F690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2016

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Shreveport Journal", 29 May 1963 (newspapers.com) Funeral services for Alford Taylor Robinson, 74, of 7048 Creswell Drive, retired owner of the Robertson Insurance Agency in Houston, Tex., will be held in Houston. The body was sent today from the Osborne Funeral Home here to the George H. Lewis Funeral Home in Houston. Mr. Robinson, who had lived in Shreveport for the last two years, died Saturday night in Schumpert Sanitarium. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Houston, and a national director of the Lions Clubs. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. R.L. Lindsay of Shreveport; a son, Alford Taylor Robinson Jr., of McAllen Tex., five grandchildren and two sisters.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 181.