ROBERTS, Adeline Matilda ‘Addie’ (1917-1970)

ROBERTS, Adeline Matilda ‘Addie’ (1917-1970)

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Adeline Matilda ‘Addie’ Roberts was born on May 20, 1917, in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to Captain William Augustus Roberts Jr (1859-1932) and Edna Mae Brown (1886-1973).

Her siblings included Bertram Richard (1904), Augustus (1906), John (1908), Iola Elizabeth (1910), Thomas Paul (1915), Edna Caroline (1922). Her half-siblings included Osborne Campbell (1880), Paulena Lenora (1883), Hartley Bernard (1889), and George Roland (1894).

In June 1934 at the Manse in Nassau, New Providence, Addie married Kiral Meredith Thompson (1909-2005) from Palmetto Point, Eleuthera. He is the son of Horatius Thompson (1884-1952) and Adeline Thompson (1883-19??).

Their children included Kay Meredith (1936), Kiral Meredith Jr (1938), Marlene (1945).

Addie passed away on April 22, 1970 (age 52) in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas.

Photo courtesy of Tom Thompson
Photo courtesy of Tom Thompson

4 Replies to “ROBERTS, Adeline Matilda ‘Addie’ (1917-1970)

  1. My mother, Fanny Merton Lowe 1903-1973 spoke fondly of Addie, a friend from church. I remember Kay, Meredith, and Marlene at school Queen’s College. Joy Lowe Jossi

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