Thursday, March 15, 2018

Who is Edna Hammond, wife of Deering S Roberts (1989 - 1956)



Edna (Hammond) Roberts lies in the Marshfield Hills cemetery along side her husband, Deering S Roberts and two children - Donald C & Henry S Roberts in Lot: 80, Sec: A, Grave: 7.  According to the marriage record, she was born Sybil E Hammond in 1889 in Winthrop, Massachusetts. She died on July 30, 1956 at the age of 67.  Her husband, Deering, died at the age of 91 on the 26 Sept 1978.  

Deering Samuel Roberts was born 7 Aug 1887 in Blue Rapids, Kentucky to Alonzo K & Fannie L (Brodrick) Roberts.  He married Sybil Edna Hammond in Portland, Cumberland Co, Maine on the fourth of May, 1910.  In 1941, while living at 309 Safford Street in Wollaston Deering registered for the World War II draft.  He was self-employed as a civil engineer.  He was living in Key Largo, Florida in 1962 when his son, Donald Chester Roberts passed away.

In 1940, they lived in Tyngsboro, Mass and had three children - Russell E (age 21), Donald C (age 18) and Pauline R (age 15).  Pauline later met and married Mr. Mauritz Cobleigh. she was born in 1924 in Braintree, Massachusetts.