Clara Bell Tabb
(1855-1923)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. William John Robertson

Clara Bell Tabb 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 22 Jun 1855, , Elizabeth City County, VA 2 5
  • Marriage (1): William John Robertson in 1878 in La Plata, Charles, MD 1
  • Died: 21 Jun 1923, Catonsville, Baltimore, MD at age 67 4
  • Buried: Baltimore: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD 4

   FamilySearch ID: 9XS5-QGR.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 3 The 1900 Census recorded owning a home at 718 N. Arlington Avenue: William J. Robertson, occupation insurance, 47, living with wife Clara B., 45; John F., clerk, 21; Mary G., 19; Ethel K., 18; Clara M., 13; and aunt Elizabeth Scarburgh, 78. Everyone was born in Maryland except Clara and her parents in Virginia. William's father was born in Maryland and mother in Virginia.

2. Census in 1910 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 1 2 Renting at 401 Seminole Ave was Gordon W. Beecher, architect, 33. He was married for 7 years to wife Gertrude R., 29. She had given birth to 3 children: W. Gordon Jr., 6; Mary, 4; and Clara G., 11 months old on May 9, 1910 when the census was recorded. Also in the home was Clara B. Robertson, mother in law, 55, married for 32 years with 4 children, including 2 daughters living with her: Ethel K., 27, single; and C. M., 23, single. Everyone was born in Maryland except the mother-in-law in Virginia.

3. Obituary: Baltimore Sun: Funeral of Mrs. Clara Tabb Robertson on 24 Jun 1923 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 4 MRS. CLARA TABB ROBERTSON
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Tabb Robertson, who died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Gordon Beecher, Athol Gate, Catonsville, were held yesterday at the home by the Rev. Henry Griesemer. Burial was in Loudon Park Cemetery. Mrs. Robertson was .the daughter of the late John and Malvina Tabb of Hampton, Va. She is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. Edgar Randolph Omosandro and Mrs. Robert Ballard Cury & son John Tabb Robertson, and seven grandchildren.


Clara married William John Robertson in 1878 in La Plata, Charles, MD.1 (William John Robertson was born in Mar 1853 in La Plata, Charles, MD,2 died on 13 Apr 1913 in Catonsville, Baltimore, MD 6 and was buried in Baltimore: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD.)


Sources


1 1910 United States Census, Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore District 1, Series: T624 Roll: 550 Page: 42.

2 Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.), Application of John Tabb Robertson born 1879, the son of William John Robertson and Clara Tabb.

3 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3K2-CB7 William J Robertson, Precinct 11 Baltimore city Ward 18, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 239, sheet 16B, family 291.

4 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 24 Jun 1923, page 16. Funeral of Mrs. Clara Tabb Robertson.

5 FamilySearch.org, Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1584-1917, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5XR-7MB Clara Tabb, 22 Jun 1855.

6 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 14 Apr 1913, page 12. Obituary of William J. Robertson.



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