Individual Details
Horance Herring Roberts
(8 Sep 1903 - 27 Sep 1976)
GrandPaw owned and operated Roberts Tropical Fish store on Gordon St. in Westend Atlanta. He started the business about 1954 and ran it until sometime in the 1970s. Married to Daisy Scarborough. They had four children together, 2 boys and 2 girls, the last little girl died shortly after birth and is buried in Bethesda Cemetery in Greene County, Ga. He married 2nd. Christine Boozer.
Events
| Birth | 8 Sep 1903 | Social Circle, Newton County, Georgia | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 22 Apr 1910 | (Walter Newton Roberts Sr. and Ophelia Angeline Lazenby) Union Point, Greene County, Georgia |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 9 Jan 1920 | (Walter Newton Roberts Sr. and Ophelia Angeline Lazenby) Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia | | | |
| Marriage | 28 Sep 1922 | Daisy Mae Scarborough | |||
| Census (family) | 2 Apr 1930 | Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia - Daisy Mae Scarborough | | | |
| Census (family)-shared | 6 Apr 1940 | (Walter Newton Roberts Sr. and Ophelia Angeline Lazenby) Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia | | | |
| Death | 27 Sep 1976 | Gwinett, Georgia, Georgia | |||
| Burial | Eternal Hills Cemetery, Snellville, Gwinnett County, Georgia | |
Families
| Spouse | Daisy Mae Scarborough (1906 - 1984) |
| Child | Frank Newton Roberts (1924 - 1997) |
| Child | Margie L. Roberts (1928 - ) |
| Child | Jack Kenneth Roberts Sr. (1933 - 2013) |
| Child | Mary Frances Roberts (1935 - 1935) |
| Spouse | Ida Christine Meeks (1918 - 2002) |
| Father | Walter Newton Roberts Sr. (1880 - 1944) |
| Mother | Ophelia Angeline Lazenby (1882 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Clarence Mack "Shorty" Roberts Sr. (1901 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Ruby Mae Roberts (1906 - ) |
| Sibling | Hattie Langel Roberts (1917 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Walter Newton Roberts Jr. (1919 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Walter N Roberts Head Male 30 Georgia - FarmerOphelia Roberts Wife Female 28 Georgia
Clarence Roberts Son Male 8 Georgia
Horace Roberts Son Male 6 Georgia
Rubie M Roberts Daughter Female 3 Georgia
Sarah Roberts Mother Female 68 Georgia
Census (family)-shared
Walter W Roberts Head Male 39 Georgia - Messenger, express Co.Opelia Roberts Wife Female 37 Georgia
Clarence M Roberts Son Male 18 Georgia - Messenger, express Co.
Horence Roberts Son Male 16 Georgia - Porter, express Co.
Ruby Mae Roberts Daughter Female 12 Georgia
James M Postell Lodger Male 20 Georgia - Messenger, express Co.
Census (family)
Horance H Roberts Head Male 26 Georgia - Installer, radiosDaisy M Roberts Wife Female 23 Georgia
Frank N Roberts Son Male 5 Georgia
His parents live next door.
Census (family)-shared
6 Apr 1940:Walter N Roberts Head Male 60 Georgia - Rock crusher, road project
Ophelia Roberts Wife Female 58 Georgia
Walter N Roberts Son Male 20 Georgia
Horance H Roberts Son Male 36 Georgia
13 Apr 1940:
Frank N Roberts Grandson Male 15 Georgia
Margie L Roberts Granddaughter Female 11 Georgia
Jack K Roberts Grandson Male 6 Georgia
Ormond Street SW, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Living next door is Mr. Loyce Guy Boozer Sr., whose wife, Christine, will later marry Horance.
Endnotes
1. United States Census, 1910 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML2Q-K2W.
2. United States Census, 1920 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJDZ-H2F.
3. United States Census, 1930 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3QLJ-7MM.
4. United States Census, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K758-XDW.
5. United States Census, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K758-RT5.
6. Find a Grave Memorial 86597034.