Print Bookmark

Norman Taylor Robertson

Male 1882 - 1960  (78 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Norman Taylor Robertson 
    Birth 4 Jan 1882  Calvert, Robertson, TX Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male 
    Census 25 Apr 1910  Montclair, Essex, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 29, born TX, marr 4 yrs, manager at fire ins co, parents born VA/UNK, father & siblings in house
    WW1 Reg Card 12 Sep 1918  Montclair, Essex, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 36, born 4 Jan 1882, fire ins manager at Fidelity Phoenix Fire Ins Co, NOK Lilla Williams Robertson
    Death 19 Jul 1960  White Plains, Westchester, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I796  Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2014 

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

    Family Lilla Williams,   b. 1881, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Marriage 1906 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Robertson,   b. 1911, Montclair, Essex, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1943, Scarsdale, Westchester, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    +2. Marion Robertson,   b. 1915, Montclair, Essex, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 2007, Pipersville, Bucks, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Histories
    Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor
    Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor
    Family ID F701  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2014 

  • Notes 
    • from "The New York Times", 21 Jul 1960 (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
      NORMAN ROBERTSON, INSURANCE EXPERT
      WHITE PLAINS, July 20 - Norman T. Robertson of 126 Walworth Avenue, former president of the American Eagle Fire Insurance and Continental Insurance Companies, died yesterday at White Plains Hospital. His age was 78. Since 1949 Mr. Robertson had been with the stock exchange brokerage house of Shelby, Cullom, Davis & Co., as a specialist in insurance shares. He was a native of Calvert, Texas, and he joined Cravens & Kelly, general insurance agents, in Houston in 1903. In the ensuing years he held many positions with various companies. He became president of America Eagle in 1921 and president of Continental in 1924. The former company, no longer active, was a member of the America Fore-Loyalty Group, of which Continental is now the parent company. He leave his wife, Lilla; two daughters, Mrs. Marvin T. Young and Mrs. Mary Hyde; two brothers Alfred and Admiral Marion C. Robertson, U.S.N., retired; two sisters, Mrs. Carl Spainhour and Mrs. Alfred Taylor; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

  • Sources 
    1. [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 176, 181.