Person:Lucy Robert (1)

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Lucy Texada Robert
d.23 Apr 1958 Alexandria, Louisiana
m. 14 Dec 1874
  1. Lucy Texada Robert1883 - 1958
m. 27 Jun 1902
m. 12 Sep 1915
Facts and Events
Name Lucy Texada Robert
Gender Female
Birth[1][3] 11 Feb 1883 Bayou Rapides, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Christening[4] 10 May 1883 Castile Plantation, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Marriage 27 Jun 1902 Methodist Rectory, Boyce, Rapides Parish, Louisiana(her 1st husband)
to Dr. Andrew Jackson Robinson James
Marriage 12 Sep 1915 Mansfield, Louisiana(her 2nd husband)
to Benjamin Harrison Baker, Sr.
Death[1][2][3] 23 Apr 1958 Alexandria, Louisiana
Burial[3] Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
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A handwritten list, prepared by Lucy's daughter, Elizabeth (Robert) Gresham of Shreveport, 20 Nov 1953, provides dates of birth for all thirteen children of John W. Robert & Lucy Elizabeth Texada. The birth date given for Lucy Texada Robert also agrees with the date given in her obituary.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Louisiana, United States. Louisiana, United States. Vital Records Registry.

    Death Certificate for Lucy Texada Robert, File No. 6555.

    The certificate says she died "Apr. 22, 1958 12:00 PM." The date is off by one day as she died after midnight. Her obituary and her grave marker both say "Apr. 23."

  2. Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Alexandria Daily Town Talk. (Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States|Alexandria, Louisiana)
    23 Apr 1958.

    Obituary: "Mrs. Lucy Baker Expires at Age 75." She died "late Tuesday night."

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Grave marker, Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana, United States.
  4. Lucy Texada Robert, Baptismal Certificate, 10 May 1883.

    "This is to certify that Lucy Texada Roberts [sic], Child of John Roberts [sic] and Elizabeth Lucy Texada, his wife, received Holy Baptism at Castile Plantation on Whitsun Day the 10th of May A.D. 1883, Dr. James Cruikshank and Mrs. Belle Cruikshank, Sponsors, Herman C. Duncan, Rector."