Harold W Robie was born 7 Sep 1903 in New York City to William Robie (1872-1932) & Margaret Gray (1875-1940).
On 25 July 1918 he was back in New York City as leo D 12th Inf NYC age 18. (Yes documents says age 18). Here's this document I found.
New York, New York Guard Service Cards, 1906-1918, 1940-1948 for Harold W Robie.
Then in 1923 he was returning from Tampico, Mexico.
Here is a link about the name of this ship and the history, very interesting.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/William_Boyce_Thompson
1924 he put's in for his Seaman application:
Inmate #3730 New Orleans, Police Dept.
Rec: 10 June 1919
Crime: Clerk (Not really specific)
Age: 18
Harold a very interesting life, even though he got into a lot of trouble on and off in his life he also was in the Military.
The first document I found for his Military service was dated 27 July 1917 Yes I know his age would of been about 14 years old he must of lied about his age which wouldn't surprise me lots did during this time.
He boarded the ship RMS Adriatic the 29 July 1917 as a Private he was off to unspecified desenation.
New York, New York Guard Service Cards, 1906-1918, 1940-1948 for Harold W Robie.
Then in 1923 he was returning from Tampico, Mexico.
Here is a link about the name of this ship and the history, very interesting.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/William_Boyce_Thompson
1924 he put's in for his Seaman application:
The 1925 New York Census lists him with his parents at age 21.
1928
Inmate #81302 Sing Sing Prison
Rec: 17 Oct 1928
Crime: Burglary 2nd Degree
Term: 7 years
Here's a newspaper article I found:
Then in 1930 he is back living with his family as a clerk.
In 1940 he is listed in the census records as an Inmate #67616 on Rikers Island.
Harold died in Jan 1971 in New York, As far as I could tell he may have never married.
Comments
Post a Comment