William Burk Roberts
30 November 1955–29 September 2009 (Age 53)
Tarrant, Texas, United States
The Life of William Burk
When William Burk Roberts was born on 30 November 1955, in Tarrant, Texas, United States, his father, William Burke Roberts, was 35 and his mother, Ethel Pearl Taylor, was 37. He died on 29 September 2009, in Johnson, Texas, United States, at the age of 53.
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Family Time Line
William Burke Roberts
1920–1987
Ethel Pearl Taylor
1918–1993
William Burk Roberts
1955–2009
Parents and Siblings
1920–1987Male
1918–1993Female
siblings
(1)
1955–2009Male
World Events (8)
1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act
Age 1
With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.
1963 · Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Age 8
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas at 12:30pm. He was riding in a presidential motorcade by Jacqueline (his wife), with John Connally (Texas Governor) and Connally's wife (Nellie). President Kennedy was pronounced dead in Parkland Memorial Hospital within thirty minutes of the shooting.
1971 · The Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Age 16
The Twenty-sixth Amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens who are eighteen years old or older.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the personal name Robert . This surname is very frequent in Wales and west central England. It is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of a like-sounding Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- William Burk Roberts, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Bill B Roberts, "United States Public Records, 1970-2009"
- William Burk Jr. Roberts, "Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997"
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