The San Antonio Light and Gazette, San Antonio, TX, Sunday, August 7, 1910

Additional Southwest Texas News

Mrs. D. G. Franks has returned from a month's stay in Las Cruces, N. M., where she went to visit her daughter, Mrs. E. P. Roberts.

The Rio Grande Republican, Las Cruces, NM, Tuesday, May 28, 1912

Mrs. Ed Roberts is hostess to her brother Mr. Franks and his friend, Mr. Watkins, from their home in Texas.

Edward Paul "Ed" Robert

The Rio Grande Republican, Las Cruces, NM, Tuesday, July 2, 1912

DEATH OF ED ROBERTS

The death of Ed Roberts shocked Las Cruces last Saturday morning coming as it did without warning. Mr. Roberts was preparing for his last days work previous to a long and needed vacation and was stricken in his own home in the presence of his wife and was gone from this life without a word or apparent knowledge of the approaching end. He had suffered for some years from a heart trouble but no immediate danger of death or even serious illness seemed imminent. He had for some time been in care of a physician and had frequently expressed a desire to go to a lower altitude for a rest. This was all planned when he passed away leaving his friends mourning over his sudden demise. He leaves a young wife and child, his beloved mother and a young brother as his immediate family and they are joined by a host of relatives and dear friends in their sorrow. The funeral was held from the pretty bungalow home recently built by the ambitious young man, at four on Sunday afternoon and was in charge of B. P. O. E. Lodge 1119, and the beautiful service with appropriate music by a quartette composed of Messrs W. J. and R. A. Stevens, Dr. Orrin H. Brown and Orrin A. Foster, was solemnly observed. The pall bearers were his working mates from the Bascom French company and were Mr. Frank Islas, Mr. George Schenk, Mr. H. B. Bundy, Mr. Jose Ruiz, Mr. J. B. Wooden and Mr. A. R. Ruiz. Mr. Poole being the funeral director. Beautiful flowers expressed the grief and sympathy of friends and covered the casket from sight. The procession from the residence to the depot was a very long one and the train soon bore away the remains of one who has come to Las Cruces for health and an extension of life which had truly been prolonged by his stay here, in a land he loved, amid beautiful surroundings and loving friends. Ed Roberts as he was known here was a most exemplary young man of correct habits and ideal ambitions. He was a loving son and husband and a highly esteemed citizen. His employers the Bascom-French company prized his loyal service and genuine sorrow is felt by every man there for the loss of this young man. His remains accompanied by his wife and child were sent to Del Rio, Texas for interment.

The Rio Grande Republican, Las Cruces, NM, Tuesday, July 9, 1912

THE FUNERAL OF ED ROBERTS

The Republican is in receipt of copies of the West Texas News and the Val Verde County Herald of Del Rio, Texas, containing accounts of the funeral of Ed Roberts and showing the high esteem in which he and his family are held in the old home of Mrs. Roberts. We take the following from the News which closes a long obituary and which was followed by the tribute paid by Mr. George W. Frenger, secretary of the Bascom-French Company and which was read at the funeral service of Mr. Roberts in his name here. "The interment took place at the Del Rio cemetery on yesterday morning and the funeral was conducted by the local Masonic Order. The beautiful and impressive services of that Order being followed in detail in paying the last respects to the dead brother. The floral offerings contributed by the many friends of the family were among the most beautiful ever witnessed at a funeral in this city and especially was this true of flor-tokens of love and affection placed upon the grave by his brothers in Masonry of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Homer, Louisiana, and Del Rio; by the Elks of Las Cruces and Del Rio and by his fellow workers of the Bascom-French Company. "The bereaved widow has the sympathy of the entire community and the high esteem in which the deceased was held was evidenced by the mountain of flowers under which he was laid to rest."

The Rio Grande Republican, Las Cruces, NM, Friday, July 19, 1912

Mrs. Ed. Roberts and her mother, Mrs. Franks, shipped the household goods and automobile of Mrs. Roberts to her mother's home in Del Rio, Texas, last week. Mrs. Roberts and little son Daniel will reside with her parents there. Her brother, young Mr. Franks, will remain here.

The Rio Grande Republican, Las Cruces, NM, Friday, February 7, 1913

Mrs. Ed. Roberts came to Las Cruces Monday, from her home in Del Rio, Tex., and is visiting with former friends here.

C. T. Abbey lived with his wife in Tampico until 1917. At that time he came out of Mexico and joined the American Army. Alva Abbey stayed in Tampico to run his construction business. Mr. Abbey was in an engineering regiment and was in New Jersey scheduled to be shipped overseas when the war ended in 1918. Mr. Abbey was there during the flu epidemic, and he said the people were dying in the fort or camp where he was, and that they would take them and put them in a warehouse where they were stacked up like cord wood because it was freezing cold. After the war Mr. Abbey went back to Tampico and took over running his business again.

On March 2, 1918, Charles Truman Abbey, living in Tampico, Mexico, applied for a passport. He states that he has lived in Mexico during the following periods:

                    November 1912 to July 1913

                    Sept 1913 to April 1914

                    May 1914 to August 1915

                    May 15, 1917 and after March 2, 1918

The passport was issued on March 25, 1918.

   

On January 27, 1919, Charles T. Abbey, living in Sapulpa, OK, applied for a passport for up to two years living in Tampico, Mexico. He states that he had lived in Tampico, Mexico during the following periods:

                    November 1912 to November 1915

                    April 1916 to April 1918

The passport was issued on February 4, 1919.

Alva Allison (Franks) (Robert) Abbey Death Certificate.

Name: Alva Franks Abbey
Death date: 04 Sep 1919
Death place: Del Rio, Val Verde, Texas
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 30 years 1 month 27 days
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 07 Jul 1889
Birth place: Dryden, Pacos Co., Tex.
Marital status: Married
Spouse name:
Father name: Dan G. Franks
Father birth place:
Mother name: Alva Thompson
Mother birth place: Texas
Occupation:
Residence:
Cemetery name: Del Rio
Burial place: Del Rio, Tex.
Burial date: 05 Sep 1919
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2073674
Digital GS number: 4167920
Image number: 225
Reference number: v X cn 28153
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

In 1919 Alva died of cancer of the spine and Mr. Abbey then brought Dan, who was about 9 years old, up from Mexico to live with Dan's grandmother, Alva Franks, who had a little hotel (Franks Hotel) in Del Rio, where Dan eventually went to high school.