Résumé

Lieutenant, US Army, Ordnance Corps, 09/19/1917-08/15/1918. He had served previously in the ORC, Officers' Reserve Corps.

Captain, US Army, 08/15/1918-03/10/1919. From 1917 through 1919, he served at Fort Hancock, NJ, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, MD; Washington, DC; Sandy Hook, NJ; and Hoboken, NJ. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. accessed 08/16/2023.)

Manager, Construction Accessories, Incorporated, Seattle, WA, 1932. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1932, p. 1225.)

Principal, Alexander Hamilton Robertson, Civil Engineer, Seattle, WA, 1928- . Robertson had an office at 1411 4th Avenue, Room #422, in 1934. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1934, p. 1232.)

Engineer, Washington Emergency Relief Administration (WERA), Seattle, WA, 1934-1935. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1935, p. 1280.)

Professional Activities

Speaker, Better-Housing Campaign Launch, Seattle, WA, 1934. The Seattle Daily Times said of this event: "When 200 men and women begin the Better-Housing Campaign, canvass of Seattle homes Friday, they will find one in five of the 100,000 dwellings needs mjor repairs and one in two needs some repair. That giant list of 'prospects' was placed before the canvassers at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce auditorium yesterday. 'Not only the building industry, but manufacturing in a wide range, transportation and wholesale and retail trade, will receive marked impetus from the success of this campaign,' said James E. Bradford, state director for the Federal Housing Administration, told the workers. The canvass will bring the housing campaign direct to homes, and canvassers will show homeowners how remodeling work, done through a simple system of loans, will help individuals and the entire community. Other speakers at yesterday's meet were A.M. Young, chief engineer of the Washington Emergency Relief Administration; William O. McKay, campaign chairman; Darwin Meisnest, vice chairman; Kenelm Winslow, Jr., vice president of the Seattle Trust Company; Harry O. Bold, president of the Seattle Real Estate Board, and Harold N. Moore and A.H. Robertson of the W.E.R.A." (See "Better-Housing Campaign Will Start Friday," Seattle Daily Times, 11/14/1934, p. 10.)

Relocation

Alexander Hamilton Robertson was born in Brooklyn, NY.

An "Alex Robertson," age 48, died on 04/30/1940 in Seattle, WA. The engineer went by this name often.

Parents

His father was Alexander Hamilton Robertson, Sr.

Spouse

He wed Nanette Randall (born c. 02/1892 in NY-d. 06/27/1939 in Seattle, WA) on 05/22/1914 in Nez Perce County, ID. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Idaho, U.S., County Marriages, 1864-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 08/16/2023.)

Nanette's parents were Frederick Stephen Randall (born 1865 in Stafford, NY-d. 06/26/1925 in Lewiston, ID), a lawyer, and Helena Garvin 12/06/1869 in Schenevus, NY-d. 02/21/1952 in Portland, OR).

She passed away at a Seattle hospital on 06/27/1939. (See "Mrs, Alex H. Robertson" Seattle Daily Times, 06/29/1939, p 7.)

Biographical Notes

SSN: 533107642.