James Alfred Armor Roddy ^{2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: GQXD-49D.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Dallas Morning News: Marriage Licenses: Fort Worth: J. A. A. Roddy and Miss Mabel Beher and, 1 Jan 1908, Dallas, Dallas, TX. ²

2. Census in 1910 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. ¹ The 1910 census recorded at 2400 Pine Street: Aruon [sic] J. Roddy, street car motorman, 30, living with wife Mabel G., 19. They were married for 2 years and were born in Texas. His father was born in Georgia and mother in Kentucky. Her father was born in Indiana and mother in Georgia.

3. Arrival: 1912, in El Paso, El Paso, TX. ⁶

4. Occupation: fireman and engineer, G. H.& S. A. Railway Company, El Paso, TX on 12 Sep 1918 in El Paso, El Paso, TX. ³

5. Census in 1920 in El Paso, El Paso, TX. ⁷ The 1920 census recorded renting at 705 N. Florence Street: Armer Doddy [sic, as handwritten by the census taker], railroad engineer, 39, living with wife Joe Louise, 19. Armer was born in Texas, his father in Georgia and mother in Kentucky. Jo was born in Nebraska, her father in Iowa and mother in Illinois.

6. Obituary: El Paso Herald-Post: J. A. A. Roddy Dies on 4 May 1934 in El Paso, El Paso, TX. ⁵ ----
J. A. A. Roddy Dies
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J. A. A. Roddy, Southern Pacific railroad engineer, died early today at his home, 2823 Savannah St. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jo Roddy. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hartford mortuary.

7. Obituary: El Paso Herald-Post: funeral of James A. A. Roddy on 5 May 1934 in El Paso, El Paso, TX. ⁴ HARTFORD MORTUARY
FUNERAL services for James A. A. Roddy, 54, late of 2823 Savannah St. were held in the Hartford chapel at 3 p. m. Saturday. Interment was in Restlawn cemetery.

8. Obituary: El Paso Times: Roddy Funeral Rites on 5 May 1934 in El Paso, El Paso, TX. ⁶ ---
Roddy Funeral Rites Will Be Held Today
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Funeral services for J. A. A. Roddy, 54, T. & N. O. railroad engineer, who died yesterday at his home, 2823 Savannah street, will be held in the Hartford chapel at 3 p. m. today, with Rev. Wester R. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Restlawn cemetery. Mr. Roddy, a resident of El Paso for 22 years, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jo Roddy.

James married Mabel G. Beher, daughter of Jefferson D. Beher and Willie Elizabeth Jett, on 31 Dec 1907 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX.¹ (Mabel G. Beher was born on 7 Nov 1890 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX, died on 1 Nov 1972 in Santee, San Diego, California, USA and was buried in 1972 in San Diego, San Diego, CA.)

James next married Jo Louise Riddell on 24 Jul 1918 in , Jackson, MO. (Jo Louise Riddell was born on 24 Mar 1900 in , , NE, died on 13 Mar 1961 in El Paso, El Paso, TX and was buried in El Paso, El Paso, TX.)