David Andrew Roberts

Brief Life History of David Andrew

When David Andrew Roberts was born on 9 May 1919, in Malta, Phillips, Montana, United States, his father, John Nelson Roberts, was 27 and his mother, Edith Marion Thompson, was 22. He married Beth Williams on 6 September 1941, in Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in World in 1960 and Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada in 2004. He died on 6 October 2004, in Parksville, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

David Andrew Roberts
1919–2004
Beth Williams
1919–1993
Marriage: 6 September 1941
David LaMont Roberts
1942–1996
Henry Edwin Roberts
1944–2006
Karen Edith Roberts
1947–2017
John Nelson Roberts
1948–2012
Horace Williams Roberts
1950–2005

Sources (18)

  • David A Roberts, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Montana, Birth Records, 1897-1919
  • David Andrew Roberts, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

World Events (8)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1933 · Fort Peck Dam Construction Begins

Construction on the Fort Peck Dam started in 1933. It is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River. It is located in the northeastern part of Montana near Glasgow and Fort Peck.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

English: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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