2.12.8.2. Roberta Irene Caswell (1905-1971)

Roberta Irene Caswell was born on 19 February 1905 in Missouri, likely in Novinger, to Robert Caswell and Margaret "Maggie" Muir. Her father was a coal miner all of his working life. The family remained in Novinger until sometime between 1922 and 1928 when they moved to 502 South B Street in Tilton, Illinois, which is a village in Danville Township.

On 19 May 1929 Roberta married William Thomas Fullerton, son of Clyde Fullerton and Lila Collins, in Fountain County, Indiana. Roberta worked as a bookkeeper at the time of her marriage. William Fullerton had been married previously and had a son. He worked as car inspector for the Wabash Railroad.

When the 1930 census was enumerated, the couple, along with William's son, lived in Detroit. William continued his work as a car inspector, a job he held for the remainder of his working life. By 1940, the couple had a daughter of their own and Roberta's step-son no longer lived with them. The couple had returned to Tilton, Illinois, and owned a home valued at $800.

By 1942 the Fullerton family had returned to the Detroit area where William worked at the Wabash Railroad's Oakwood Yard. The family purchased a home at 2145 Morris Avenue. Roberta lived there until after her husband's death in 1959.

2145 Morris Avenue, Lincoln Park, Michigan; courtesy of Google Maps

She eventually moved to the west coast of Florida and died in Pinellas County, 28 December 1971. She and her husband are interred at Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum in Danville, Illinois, as are Roberta's parents.

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'2145 Morris Avenue, Lincoln Park, Michigan,' Google Maps
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T624_766; Page 20A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 1374779
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair Missouri; Roll: T625_902; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 325
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 1061; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0748; Image: 1118.0; FHL microfilm: 2340796
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Tilton, Vermilion, Illinois; Roll: T627_898; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 92-48B
Alice (Muir) Jennings Genealogy Notebook, page 15
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial No. 79155759
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1930 Detroit, MI (William and Roberta Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1947 Lincoln Park, MI (William T and Roberta I Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1953 Lincoln Park, MI (W T and Roberta I Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1956 Lincoln Park, MI (William T and Roberta I Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1958 Lincoln Park, MI (William T and Roberta I Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1960 Lincoln Park, MI (William T and Roberta Fullerton)
US, Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, 1971 Fullerton, Roberta Irene
US, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, 1929 Fullerton, William Thomas - Caswell, Roberta Irene