Ross Laughlin Robe (1897 - 1992)

Born 3 Aug 1897 in Nuyaka, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor E. (Kincaid) Henry — married about 14 Nov 1928 (to before 1937) in Oklahoma, United States

Died 8 Feb 1992 at age 94 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Ross was the son of John Miles Robe and Wilemma Blanche Laughlin.

Ross was age 12 in the 1910 Census.^[1]

He was age 22 and single in 1920.^[2]

His first wife was Eleanor Kincaid, by whom he had Kenneth Kincaid Robe, b 1930. In the 1930 Census he is found with wife Eleanor, age 24, b Oklahoma.^[3]

In the 1940 Census Ross was divorced and living with his mother Blanche. Ross was a WPA paymaster. Blanche was age 65 born in Ohio.^[4]

His second wife was Dorothy Jennings Seitz

Born 3 Aug 1897 Nuyaka, OK; Died 8 Feb 1992 Oklahoma City; son of John Miles Robe, brother of Orella Dameron; Donald W. Robe; grandson of William B and Sarah H Robe, husband of Dorothy Robe, father of Kenneth Robe, also related to Bill Seitz through wife Dorothy. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7S-LZN : accessed 27 December 2021), Ross S Robe in household of John M Robe, Okmulgee Ward 3, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 153, sheet 4A, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1267; FHL microfilm 1,375,280.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9N-1C6 : 3 February 2021), Ross S Robe in entry for John M Robe, 1920.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCWB-JF4 : accessed 27 December 2021), Ross L Robe, Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 3B, line 84, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1922; FHL microfilm 2,341,656.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB2S-D1M : 5 January 2021), Ross L Robe, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78-20, sheet 7B, line 53, family 184, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3342.
5. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWP-XNDK : accessed 10 February 2019), Blanche L Robe in entry for Ross L Robe, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 10 Feb 1992; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Oklahoman, The, born-digital text.

• "The Robe Family, Missionaries," Chronicles of Oklahoma, 1948, by Ora Eddelman Reed