Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameRobert WALDRON 
Birth15 Jul 1859, Glidden, Carroll, Iowa4437, p 1; date only,4442
Settlement1906, Judsonia, White, Arkansas4409, p 7 Age: 46
DeathFeb 19394437, p 1; year only,4442 Age: 79
Occupationtinsmith4442
FatherIsaac WALDRON (~1800-)
MotherEliza Melinda MOTT (~1825-)
Individual Notes
• In 1906 Papa bought a mall berry farm in Judsonia, Arkansas. Mama, Papa, brother Earl and I went to live on this farm.4433, p 1
Census Data
• 1860 Census: New Jefferson, Kendrick Twp., Greene, Iowa. Age 10/12ths, b IA.4580
• 1880 Census: Glidden, Carroll, Iowa. Age 21, b IA, Farmer. Living in Geo. W. Scranton household.4581
• 1900 Census: Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas. Age 39, b Jul 1860, IA. Tinner. Father b VA; mother b NY.4446
• 1910 Census: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas. Age 50, b IA. Tinner; tin shop. Father b VA; mother b NY.4447
• 1880 Census: Glidden, Carroll, Iowa. Age 21, b IA, Farmer. Living in Geo. W. Scranton household.4581
• 1900 Census: Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas. Age 39, b Jul 1860, IA. Tinner. Father b VA; mother b NY.4446
• 1910 Census: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas. Age 50, b IA. Tinner; tin shop. Father b VA; mother b NY.4447
Spouses
Birth28 Sep 1861, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois4442
Birth16 Sep 18614582
Birth18624583
Removal1924, Kenya4409, p 41 Age: 62
Death4 Oct 1938, Kijabe, Kenya4442,4409, p 199; date only Age: 77
NicknameLibby4409, p 15
FatherSimon Washington LAUCK (1830-1880)
MotherSarah Jane BALES (1834-1921)
Individual Notes
• In her earlier years, Grandma had been a member of a very devout Pentecostal assembly and was considered to be a faith healer. People used to call her to pray for them when they were sick, and many had been healed.4409, p 41
• While they were living at Litein, Mother and Dad received a letter from Grandma asking if they knew of a place named Kericho in Kenya. With curiosity aroused, they responded as quickly as boat mail traveled in those days - slowly. They wrote that Kericho was only about twenty-one miles away from Litein. The next letter from Grandma stated, “Meet me at the boat.” She had met someone in Iowa who had property in Kericho. The minute she learned that it was near her daughter, she traded her place in Iowa for the land in Kericho and caught the earliest ship possible. She arrived in Kenya in 1924.4409, p 41
• Photo of tombstone, taken by Margaret Mills Andersen, shows Birth and Death Dates.
• While they were living at Litein, Mother and Dad received a letter from Grandma asking if they knew of a place named Kericho in Kenya. With curiosity aroused, they responded as quickly as boat mail traveled in those days - slowly. They wrote that Kericho was only about twenty-one miles away from Litein. The next letter from Grandma stated, “Meet me at the boat.” She had met someone in Iowa who had property in Kericho. The minute she learned that it was near her daughter, she traded her place in Iowa for the land in Kericho and caught the earliest ship possible. She arrived in Kenya in 1924.4409, p 41
• Photo of tombstone, taken by Margaret Mills Andersen, shows Birth and Death Dates.
Census Data
• 1880 Census: Glidden, Carroll, Iowa. Age 18, b IL. At school.4585
• 1900 Census: Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas. Age 38, b Sep 1861, IL. Father b VA; mother b OH.4446
• 1910 Census: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas. Age 48, b IL. Mother of 6 children, 4 living. Father b WV; mother b OH.4447
• 1900 Census: Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas. Age 38, b Sep 1861, IL. Father b VA; mother b OH.4446
• 1910 Census: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas. Age 48, b IL. Mother of 6 children, 4 living. Father b WV; mother b OH.4447
Marriageabt 18804437, p 2; marriage only,4446,4447
Marr Memomarried 20 years in 1900; 30 years in 1910
Divorceabt 19204586,4409, p 41
Div Memoafter 40 years of marriage
Marriage Notes
• After forty years of marriage she divorced her husband Robert Waldron and made a life on her own. The only comment I ever heard my mother make on the subject was that Grandma should have done it years earlier. That thought, though never fully explained, other than that he had a terrible temper and was sometimes abusive, communicated to me that Grandpa had not been a very nice person.4409, p 41
ChildrenArthur Roy (1882-1935)
Herbert Eli (1884-1963)
Vivian Etta (1890-1988)
Earl Robert (1892-1971)