Isle of Wight County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Roberts, Herbert P., 1932 

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FUNERALS 

Herbert P. Roberts 

  The remains of Mr. Roberts, whose death occurred suddenly Tuesday morning, 
May 31, were taken from the H.D. Oliver's Funeral Apartments, 610-12 East 
Freemason street via Norfolk and Western Railway to Windsor, where funeral 
services were held at Christian Church at 10 o'clock.  Interment was in the 
family burial ground.


Herbert P. ROBERTS, retired steam engineer, 
b. 1868*, Edenton, NC, d. 31 May 1932, Norfolk, 
interred in the family cemetery*, near Windsor, 2 Jun 1932, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 13, No. 10, June 9, 1932, p. 1, col. 2 

*Additional information: 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #10345, which gives dt/o Stephen W. Roberts, 
   b. IoW.Co., & Martha Haynes, b. Edenton, NC; the informant was 
   Franklin W. Roberts, of Norfolk.  The details are difficult to read, 
   but his chest was "crushed 'neath house boat." 

The 1900 Census gives b. Feb 1870, Va. 

I show his mother as Stephen's 1st wife Eliza May Haynes; they m. 28 Apr 1856, 
   Chowan Co., NC.  Stephen 2m. Ada Talitha Jones, 3 Feb 1885, IoW.Co. (mh) 

Cemetery location not known (Nov 2017); not among the reports of the 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF}: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Four of his father's six brothers are buried in Windsor Cemetery. 
   IWCHS GSSTF #26 

An article on the seven Roberts brothers - all of whom survived their 
   Confederate service - and a group photo, are in the following source: 

King, Helen Haverty, et al. 
"Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia" 
(Isle of Wight: Board of Supervisors, 1993) 
pp. 184-86 

Herbert appears as an inmate in the Norfolk jail in the 1930 Census. 

His son Franklin Wyatt ROBERTS Sr. (1898-1956) is buried in Mt. Olivet 
   Cemetery, Frederick, MD. 


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Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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