Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyWilson Roby

Parents

FatherJames Wilson Roby (ca. 1867 - 8 September 1898)
MotherAnna Kathleen ‘Katie’ McNamee (May 1868 - 4 July 1959)

Personal Information

Record Created: 10 January 2010; Last Edited: 17 March 2022 
Person ID30
NameWilson Roby
GenderMale
Born 14 December 1887 in Opelika, Lee County, Alabama1, 2, 3
Married 28 January 1920 in New Jersey to Ida Jane McGregor4
Died 2 December 1961 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama5, 6

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyIda Jane McGregor (daughter of David McGregor and Nellie Birrell Patterson)
Born 23 August 1895 in New Jersey
Married 28 January 1920 in New Jersey to Wilson Roby
Died November 1983 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
  
Children of Wilson Roby and Ida Jane McGregor:
  
+1.FamilyWilson Roby, Jr.
Born 4 January 1926 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina
Married ca. 1948 to Billie Jean Lester
Died 24 September 1984 in Cumberland County, North Carolina
  
+2.FamilyDavid McGregor Roby
Born 17 October 1927
Married 2 August 1953 in Meridian, Mississippi to Mary Jane Crossland
Married 10 June 1972 in Virginia Beach, Virginia to Virginia ‘Ginny’ Worden
Died 16 April 2005 in Flowery Branch, Georgia
  

Sources

  1. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Wilson Roby, Card No. 25. This source indicates his birth date as 14 December 1888, whereas the 1900 census indicates his birth as December 1887. The census record is considered more accurate as it is the earlier record and the date was probably reported by his mother.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Alabama, Lee County, Opelika City, Enumeration District 34, Sheet No. 16.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New Jersey, Essex County, Orange, Enumeration District 299, Sheet No. 7B, family of John Mailler (28, New Jersey, machinist, Edison); wife Margaret Mailler (26, New Jersey); daughter Helen Mailler (3, New Jersey); son Jack Mailer (1, New Jersey); border Wilson Roby (30, New Jersey, clerk, grocery store). They are living next door to Margaret’s parents.
  4. New Jersey Marriage Index, by Reclaim the Records (available at: archives.org), Ida McGregor, married WR [i.e., Wilson Roby], 28 January 1920; location: 20.
  5. Email from Ron Roby to Lee Gazlay 8 March 2007
  6. Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974. Available at Family Search (website) Record Search.