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Robert's draft registration shows he was tall, of medium build, with brown eyes and black hair. He was married at the time.
Robert was widowed and living with his parents in 1920.
He appears as "Robert W. Elderton" in the 1930 census. His mother-in-law "Ellen E. Buchanan" was living in the household at that time.
The U.S. Social Security Death Index lists the following places of residence for Robert: Doris, Buchanan, Iowa; Independence, Buchanan, Iowa; Otterville, Buchanan, Iowa.
Sources:
1) Wiard/Elderton Family Files of William and Mary Wiard, Dec 2004 (Mary Elderton Wiard confirms his full name was Robert Curry Elderton and Curry is probably his mother's maiden name)
2) U. S. Social Security Death Index
2) Alderton Family Crest, House of Names, Website 2004 http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.familycrest_details/s.Alderton /Alderton_family_Crest/Alderton_coat_of_arms/qx/Alderton.htm
3) Ancestry.com Message Boards posting of Michelle Elderton, 1 Jun 2002 (she is great granddaughter of Robert Curry Elderton)
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.elderton/3. 2
4) Elderton Family Files of Michelle Elderton, E-mail 5 Jan 2005, adimel14@@yahoo.com
5) 1900 census, Philadelphia Ward 22, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623 1464; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 506.
6) 1910 census, Philadelphia Ward 22, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1396; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 425; Image: 63.
7) 1920 census, Philadelphia Ward 22, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1624; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 615; Image: 218.
8) 1930 census, Washington, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: 644; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 30; Image: 861.0.
9) World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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