Alvin Curtis Robertson (1915 - 1974)

Born 29 Mar 1915 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

Husband of Alpha Bliss (Anderson) Robertson — married 25 Apr 1940 in Alabama, United States

Died 3 Dec 1974 at age 59 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Alvin Robertson is a part of US Black heritage.

Curtis Alvin Robertson, son of Wilton M Robertson and Viola Woodruff (listed as Viola McCocklin on his marriage), was born Mar 29, 1915 in Birmingham, Alabama.^[1][2]

He married Alpha Bliss Anderson on 25 April 1940.^[3]

They had three children, a son and two daughters.

The youngest daughter Carole was killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama.

Alvin worked as a band leader in a Birmingham public school and his wife Alpha (Anderson) as a librarian in the Birmingham school system.

In his World War II enlistment record Alvin was listed as a musician or teacher of music with 4 years of college.^[4]

Mr. and Mrs. Robertson created http://www.crcl.net/about-us

1920 US Census^[5]

• Household Members
  • Witten M Robertson
  • Viola Robertson
  • Wilton V Robertson
  • Herman G Robertson
  • Alois C Robertson

1930 US Census^[6]

• Household
  • Wilton M Robertson Head M 47 Georgia
  • Viola Robertson Wife F 47 Georgia
  • Wilton M Robertson Jr. Son M 17 Alabama
  • Herman G Robertson Son M 16 Alabama
  • Alvin C Robertson Son M 15 Alabama
  • Alistine M Robertson Daughter F 7 Alabama

Alvin Curtis Robertson passed away on 3 Dec 1974, he was 59 ^[7] He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6W-3Y?cc=1488411&wc=QZJG-R2B%3A1036469501%2C1036713301%2C1037679101%2C1589332393 : 9 September 2019), Alabama > Jefferson > Birmingham > ED 56 > image 17 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKS7-5LM : 11 January 2021), Alvin Curtis Robertson, 1974.
3. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21D-QF5F : 15 November 2020), Alvin Curties Robertson and Alpha Bliss Anderson, 25 Apr 1940; citing Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,877,258.
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8YW-34F : 5 December 2014), Alvin C Sr Robertson, enlisted 30 Oct 1943, Ft Mcclellan, Alabama, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
5. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T625_24; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 357
6. ↑ (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:32Y4-J6Z
7. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKS7-5LM
8. ↑ Alvin Curtis Robertson, Sr (1915-1974) on Find A Grave: Memorial #20035521 retrieved 20 October 2019

• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Act_to_award_posthumously_a_Congressional_Gold_Medal_award_to_victims_of_the_16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing_(H.R._360;_113th_Congress)
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:32Y4-J6Z : accessed 14 January 2021), Alvin C Robertson in household of Wilton M Robertson, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 61, sheet 76A, line 29, family 1037, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 27; FHL microfilm 2,339,762.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V15T-87D : 5 January 2021), Alvin C Robertson in household of Viola W Robertson, Election Precinct 37, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68-192, sheet 3B, line 44, family 49, 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 95.