Grova Roberts

Brief Life History of Grova

When Grova Roberts was born on 4 June 1902, in Owsley, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Buchanan Roberts, was 20 and her mother, Flora McGeorge, was 19. She married Silas Wright King on 15 December 1921, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Logan Township, Dearborn, Indiana, United States in 1940 and Jackson Township, Dearborn, Indiana, United States in 1950. She died on 16 October 1979, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Gibson, Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Silas Wright King
1902–1995
Grova Roberts
1902–1979
Marriage: 15 December 1921
Rufus B King
1922–2011
Rossella King
1924–2008
Ollis King
1927–2011

Sources (13)

  • Grova King, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Grova King, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Grova King in entry for Rufus B King, "Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

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World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1904 · The Black Patch War

From 1904-1909, the Black Patch War took place. This was a war between about 30 counties in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. The war was mostly over the Dark Fired Tobacco that was produced in the area during this time.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

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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