James Sisk ROBERTSON Sr. (1831–1863) Caroline Eviline HUFFMAN (1831–1897) John Wesley Downing FORTNER (1825 –1910) Sarah O. BALDWIN (1831–1900)

James Sisk ROBERTSON Jr. (1862 –1893) Ida May FORTNER (1866 –1930)

Berton ROBERTSON (1885 –1966)

 

Family Links Spouses & Children 1. Effie Edith LONG William Townsend ROBERTSON+ George Robert ROBERTSON+ Ida Rebecca ROBERTSON+ Everett Burton ROBERTSON Berton ROBERTSON 1 Born: 30 October 1885, Bethany, Moultrie County, Illinois, USA Marriage (1): Effie Edith LONG on 18 June 1906 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA 1 Died: 3 March 1966, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA at age 80 Buried: 5 March 1966, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA   Burial Notes Roselawn Memorial Park

Berton married Effie Edith LONG, daughter of George Isaac LONG and Rebecca Ann PORTER, on 18 June 1906 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA.¹ The marriage ended in divorce in January 1923. (Effie Edith LONG was born on 25 February 1888 in Moweaqua, Shelby County, Illinois, USA, died on 31 December 1956 in Riverton, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA and was buried in Williams Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA.)

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• They were divorced in January 1923 in Riverton, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA. ¹

  Marriage Notes

The Moweaqua IL paper carried this item: "Last Monday, June 18, 1906, occurred the marriage of Berton Robertson and Effie Long of Springfield IL, Judge OW Smith officiating. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs. George Long and has every accomplishment for a good wife. The groom is an enterprising young man who has control of one of the electrical machines in the coal mine and receives one of the highest salaries at the shaft." ¹