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Robert T Smalls

Robert T Smalls



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert T Smalls was born in 1872 in South Carolina, USA (son of Harry Small and Amy Taylor); died on 12 Mar 1931 in 639 Boas street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

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    • Race: Black
    • Race: Negro
    • Residence: 1920, 251 South Cameron street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 48; Occupation: Laborer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanWrite: No; EnumerationDistrict: 61; HomeOwnership: Rented; Industry: Steel Mill; IsEmployed: Wage or Salary; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head
    • Occupation: 1923, 639 Boas street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Proprietor of the Southern Hotel.
    • Residence: 1928, 639 Boas street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1929, 639 Boas street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Industry: 1930; Lodging House; Hotel; Hospitality Industry.
    • Residence: 1930, 639 Boas street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 51; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: No; CanReadWrite: No; ClassofWorker: Working on own account; EnumerationDistrict: 0028; IsEmployed: Yes; LiveOnFarm: No; OwnedRadio: No; RegistrationDistrict: 0028; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head; Occupation: Proprietor
    • Residence: 1931, 639 Boas street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    ROBERT SMALL
    Funeral services for Robert Small, proprietor of the Southern Hotel, 639 Boas street, for the last eight years, who died Thursday evening in his apartment in the hotel, will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the St. John's Baptist Church. The Rev. L. T. Jones, pastor, assisted by the Rev. C. F. Jenkins, .pastor of the Second Baptist Church, will officiate.
    Burial will be in the Lincoln Cemetery. The body may be viewed tomorrow from 2 to 9 o'clock.
    He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mazie Small, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Essie Rowland, Steelton.

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Robert married Mazie Martha Jacobs on 20 Apr 1919 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Mazie (daughter of Julius Jacobs and Margaret Mossman) was born on 23 Mar 1876 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA; died on 29 Oct 1960 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harry Small

    Harry married Amy Taylor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Amy Taylor
    Children:
    1. 1. Robert T Smalls was born in 1872 in South Carolina, USA; died on 12 Mar 1931 in 639 Boas street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.



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