Rhoda Mae Robertson

The headstone of Rhoda Mae Kidwell Robertson and her husband Elmer Marshall 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 Rhoda'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, Rhoda had no occupation, was married to a plasterer, Elmer Marshall Robertson, for eight years, had one son, Delbert (7), and two daughters, Blanche (4) and Georgeanna (15 months), and her place of birth was New York.

According to the 1920 Federal Census, Rhoda was living with her husband Elmer, had six children, Delbert (16), Blanche (13), Georgeanna (11), Alfred (9), William (6), and Winthrop (3), and her place of birth was Pennsylvania.

According to the 1930 Federal Census, Rhoda was living with her husband Elmer, her three sons, Wilmer (15), Winthrop (14), and Sidney (3), and her two daughters, Gladys (10) and Eleanor (8), and her place of birth was New York.

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.