Elmer Marshall Robertson

The headstone of Elmer Marshall Robertson and his wife Rhoda Mae Kidwell Robertson in the Kidwell/Robertson Family Cemetery in Fairfax, VA. 

In a 1994 survey of the cemetery by the Fairfax County Preservation Association, this headstone was not present in the cemetery. According to a living relative, Annie Robertson Allison, who is Elmer's granddaughter, this headstone was recently added within the last five to ten years. She claims that they were actually buried in the cemetery shortly after their time of death just without markers.

According to the 1910 Federal Census, Elmer was a plasterer, was married for eight years to May Robertson, had one son, Delbert (7), and two daughters, Blanche (4) and Georgeanna (15 months).

According to the 1920 Federal Census, Elmer was a employed plasterer, was living with his wife May Robertson, had six children, Delbert (16), Blanche (13), Georgeanna (11), Alfred (9), William (6), and Winthrop (3). 

According to the 1930 Federal Census, Elmer was an employed plasterer, was living with his wife Rhoda May Robertson, his three sons, Wilmer (15), Winthrop (14), and Sidney (3), and his two daughters, Gladys (10) and Eleanor (8), and was not a veteran of WWI.

According to his WWI Draft Registration Card, Elmer was born on December 6, 1880, registered for the war at the age of 37, was married to May Robertson, was a cement plasterer/brick worker in Clifton Station, VA, was tall, had a medium build with blue eyes and dark hair, and did not have any physical impairments.

According to his WWII Draft Registration Card, Elmer was self-employed, married to Roda May Robertson, registered for the war at the age of 61, and was born in Prince William County.

The headstone of the children of Elmer and Rhoda Mae Robertson, including Naomi, Josephine, Infant Twins, Ruth, Andrew, and Shirley, in the Kidwell/Robertson Family Cemetery in Fairfax, VA. Directly behind the headstone are six stone crosses representative of each name listed.

In a 1994 survey of the cemetery by the Fairfax County Preservation Association, this headstone was not present in the cemetery. 

This headstone was recently added by Annie Robertson Allison, granddaughter of Elmer and Rhoda Mae Robertson, within the last five to ten years. According to Allison there is no documentation on the birth or death of these children, but she was told about them through family stories.