Alfred Joyce Roberts

Brief Life History of Alfred Joyce

When Alfred Joyce Roberts was born on 2 October 1924, in Medill, Lamar, Texas, United States, his father, Roy James Roberts, was 33 and his mother, Minnie Leona Turner, was 30. He died on 21 February 1944, at the age of 19, and was buried in Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Rizal, Philippines.

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Family Time Line

Roy James Roberts
1891–1940
Minnie Leona Turner
1894–1978
Gwendolyn James Blaine Roberts
1914–1993
Roy Turner Roberts
1917–1986
Leo Lesley Roberts
1920–1989
Nannie Leona Roberts
1920–2012
Alfred Joyce Roberts
1924–1944
Omega Joy Roberts
1924–2004
Kenneth Wayne Roberts
1929–1992
Beryl Steve Roberts Sr
1933–2009

Sources (2)

  • Alfred Joyce Roberts, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Alpha J in entry for Beryl Roberts, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

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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