Résumé

Principal, Harry Nash Roberts, Architect, Kennewick, WA, 1948. In 1948-1949, Roberts had an office in Room #3 of the Washington Hardware Building in Kennewick. (See Harry Nash Roberts, architectural advertisement, Tri-City Herald, 08/31/1948, p. 10, and Harry Nash Roberts, architectural advertisement, Tri-City Herald, 07/01/1949, p. 8.)

Partner, Robinson and [Harry Nash] Roberts, Architects, Pasco, WA, and Kennewick, WA, 1951-1952.

Professional Activities

His newspaper advertisement of 1948 indicated that Roberts was a "licensed architect." (See Harry Nash Roberts, architectural advertisement, Tri-City Herald, 08/31/1948, p. 10.)

Associate Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington Chapter, 1948. (See Harry Nash Roberts architectural advertisement, Tri-City Herald, 07/01/1949, p. 8.)

Relocation

Roberts was born in Fort MacLeod, AB, Canada, on 07/23/1913. He resided in Vancouver, BC, Canada until 06/20/1939, when he entered the US at Blaine, WA, aboard a Pacific Stage Lines bus. By 1941, he lived at 1875 Hamlin Street in Seattle. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Seattle; Seattle, Washington; ARC Title: Petitions for Naturalization, 1890 - 1991; NAI Number: 592779; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009; Record Group Number: 21, accessed 05/25/2022.)

Roberts died in 2004, in Las Vegas, NV, at the age of 91.

Spouse

He married Mary Melba West (born 08/20/1918 in Cheweleh, WA) on 02/28/1939 in Seattle, WA. When he married Mary West, he was still a citizen of Vancouver, BC., according to the marriage license. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmcvol74_164, accessed 05/25/2022.)

Later, Roberts wed Eunice Katherine Skutley (born 06/15/1917 in WI-08/29/2017 in WA).

Biographical Notes

On 11/19/1941, Roberts applied for naturalization to become a US citizen. His naturalization witnesses were Charles D. Pilling, a Seattle police officer and William R. Jarrell, a US Secret Service employee. His naturalization was completed on 01/26/1942.

His 1941 naturalization paperwork described Roberts as Caucasian, with a fair complexion, gray-blue eyes and brown hair. He stood 5-feet, 11-inches tall and weighed 150 pounds. This document noted that he had a scar on his chin. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Seattle; Seattle, Washington; ARC Title: Petitions for Naturalization, 1890 - 1991; NAI Number: 592779; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009; Record Group Number: 21, accessed 05/25/2022.)

• Fort MacLeod, Alberta Canada (Architect's Birth)
  Fort MacLeod, Alberta Canada T0L 0Z0

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