ROBERTS, Margaret Mizpah (1917-2007)

ROBERTS, Margaret Mizpah (1917-2007)

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Margaret MIZPAH Roberts was born on April 13, 1913, in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to Captain Hartley Bernard Roberts (1889-1941) and Mira Lowe (1890-1979).

Her siblings included…

In February 1934, Mizpah married Porter McRoy White (1912) from Gafney, South Carolina.

Their children included…

  • John Bernard (1936)
  • Margaret Elizabeth (1937)
  • James Roy (1943)
  • Mira Diane (1949)

Margaret MIZPAH White née Roberts passed away on December 13, 2007 (age 94) in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Hartley Bernard Roberts & Mira Lowe with children (left to right) Noel, Minnie, Mizpah
L to R – Noel Augustus Roberts, Mira Lowe Roberts, Margaret Mizpah Roberts White
L to R – Margaret Mizpah (Roberts) White, Mira (Lowe) Roberts holding John Bernard White Jr, and Jean Ogle White.
Photo courtesy of Jean Ogle White
Margaret “Mizpah” Roberts White, Gabrielle White, and Margaret “Peggy” White – circa 1999.
Photo courtesy of Angela Finley-Sousamlis White
L to R – Doreen Mae Lowe, Lowell ‘Buddy’ Lowe, Jettie Mae Key Lowe, James Roy White, Margaret Elizabeth ‘Peggy’ White, John Bernard White Sr., Evan Wesley Lowe, Maragret MIZAPH Roberts White, Jean Ogle White, John Wesley Lowe
Back L to R – Jeanette Ogle White, John Bernard White Sr, John Bernard White Jr, Margaret Mizpah White
Front L to R – Sharyn Clemons White, Mira Lowe Roberts
Photo courtesy of Jean Ogle White
Mizpah with sons Roy (L) and John (R)
Photo courtesy of Jean Ogle White
Mizpah with son John and his family
Photo courtesy of Jean Ogle White
Porter White
Photo courtesy of Jean Ogle White

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