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Robert Malcolm Upchurch

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Robert Malcolm Upchurch

Birth
Ashland, Clay County, Alabama, USA
Death
14 Apr 1937 (aged 58)
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.4917997, Longitude: -86.8429834
Plot
block 17, lot 188
Memorial ID
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When Robert Malcolm Upchurch was born on December 19, 1878, in Ashland, Alabama, his father, Jethro, was 47 and his mother, Rozannah, was 38. He married Fannie May (Frances) Wheelock and they had three children together. He also had two sons with Elsie May Upchurch. He died on April 14, 1937, in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 58.

Fannie Mae Wheelock Upchurch was a ticket taker for Southern Railway, and may have died from a ruptured appendix in 1915. Francis "Fannie" left 3 sons and a husband, Robert Malcolm Upchurch. The oldest son, did not go to the orphanage, but Ruth Rose Upchurch Brown, who was 8 at the time, and her brother, Malcolm Wheelock Upchurch, possibly 5 yrs of age, were taken to the Baptist Children's Home near Birmingham by their 2 uncles. The oldest son lived with his father in Birmingham. The eldest son worked on Indian Motorcycles in Birmingham for years and didn't join the Navy until the start of WW II. Rpbert stayed in Birmingham for a while, then moved to South Carolina, remarried and had 2 more sons. Fannie Mae was in the first female graduating class from the University of Alabama. He was listed on several US Census as being a mechanic or machinist.
When Robert Malcolm Upchurch was born on December 19, 1878, in Ashland, Alabama, his father, Jethro, was 47 and his mother, Rozannah, was 38. He married Fannie May (Frances) Wheelock and they had three children together. He also had two sons with Elsie May Upchurch. He died on April 14, 1937, in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 58.

Fannie Mae Wheelock Upchurch was a ticket taker for Southern Railway, and may have died from a ruptured appendix in 1915. Francis "Fannie" left 3 sons and a husband, Robert Malcolm Upchurch. The oldest son, did not go to the orphanage, but Ruth Rose Upchurch Brown, who was 8 at the time, and her brother, Malcolm Wheelock Upchurch, possibly 5 yrs of age, were taken to the Baptist Children's Home near Birmingham by their 2 uncles. The oldest son lived with his father in Birmingham. The eldest son worked on Indian Motorcycles in Birmingham for years and didn't join the Navy until the start of WW II. Rpbert stayed in Birmingham for a while, then moved to South Carolina, remarried and had 2 more sons. Fannie Mae was in the first female graduating class from the University of Alabama. He was listed on several US Census as being a mechanic or machinist.


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