The Proeger Family · Generation 4 — Earl's great-grandparents

Anna Blanche Roberts

1892–1942

Anna Blanche Roberts

OhioConfirmed

1892–1942

Born
16 September 1892, Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio
Died
15 August 1942, Los Angeles, California
Buried
Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood
Parents
Henry S. Roberts
Sources
9
Images
2

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1892
Born 16 September 1892, Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio S17
Death1942
Died 15 August 1942, Los Angeles, California, aged 49 S17
Death1942
🆕 She died at home, 2123 Lemoyne Avenue, Los Angeles. A Daily News item of 17 August 1942 reported that, after 20 years of migraine headaches and a recent major operation, she took an overdose of headache tablets and was dead when the police ambulance arrived. That is the paper's account, quoted as printed: it does not say whether the overdose was accidental, and no coroner's finding has been read. The item puts her death on Sunday 16 August and her age at 52; the death index gives 15 August, aged 49, and that is kept S1174.
Death1942
🆕 Her paid death notice in the Los Angeles Examiner, 19 August 1942, reads “Anna Blanche of 2123 Lemoyne ave., Los Angeles, loving wife of William L. Proeger” S1175.
Burial
Buried Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Block D, Section 3357, Lot 6
beside her husband. Her marker reads "Loving Wife And Mother." S17
Military1918
🆕 Named as his wife on William's 1918 draft card S381; in 1940 with him at 414 Park Ave., Dunkirk, New York, where he was a glass worker, both in Chicago in 1935 S382; added 24 September 2026.
Photograph1932
🆕 Photograph, 12 June 1932, Wallaceburg, Ontario Confirmed (family testimony): a snapshot inscribed “Mother Proeger” shows her, aged 39, on a sidewalk in the town. Her granddaughter Patricia (Proeger) Collins named her on 1 October 2026: “My Grandmother Proeger my Fathers Mother”. Both sides of the snapshot are in Photos below.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Father: Henry S. Roberts Confirmed
Marriage1908
Bellaire sits directly across the river from Wheeling, in the Ohio County, West Virginia where the 1908 marriage was recorded. Internally consistent.
Parents1854
Parents: Henry S. Roberts (b. Nov 1854, West Virginia, glass blower in Wheeling, WV) and Rose A. Williams (b. ~1855)
confirmed by Ohio birth/christening index, CA Death Index, 1900 census, and FindAGrave S90S91S92. Siblings: Etta (Henrietta, b.~1881), Florence (b.~1883), Sam (b.~1885), Thomas (b.~1887). Henry's parents both born Ohio per 1900 census. ⚠️ Anna NOT in the 1900 household.

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Open question
⚠️ She is no kin to the other Roberts on this tree. Earl Theodore Roberts, who married her son's widow Aileane in 1946, is son of Leon H Roberts and Bessie H Henderson of Massachusetts S88. Two unrelated Roberts families, one surname — do not merge them.

Photos & documents 2 photos · 0 documents

Photos (2)
"Mother Proeger" — Anna Blanche (Roberts) Proeger, on a sidewalk at Wallaceburg, Ontario, Sunday 12 June 1932 (front of the inscribed snapshot)
"Mother Proeger" — Anna Blanche (Roberts) Proeger, on a sidewalk at Wallaceburg, Ontario, Sunday 12 June 1932 (front of the inscribed snapshot) 12 June 1932 Confirmed Download · → card
Enhanced (AI-assisted, non-generative): glare reduced, cleaned and upscaled. "Mother Proeger" — Anna Blanche (Roberts) Proeger, on a sidewalk at Wallaceburg, Ontario, Sunday 12 June 1932 (front of the inscribed snapshot)
Enhanced (AI-assisted, non-generative): glare reduced, cleaned and upscaled. "Mother Proeger" — Anna Blanche (Roberts) Proeger, on a sidewalk at Wallaceburg, Ontario, Sunday 12 June 1932 (front of the inscribed snapshot) 12 June 1932 AI-assisted enhancement of the original photo Download · Original photo · → card

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Anna Blanche Roberts · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

9 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S17FindAGrave memorial 298908631, Anna Blanche Roberts Proeger (1892–1942) — findagrave.com/memorial/298908631.
  2. S88Earl Theodore Roberts and Aileane Proeger — Los Angeles County marriage record, 8 February 1946. California, County Marriages, 1849–1957 (FamilySearch collection 1804002), page 30, digital folder 005698721, microfilm 2115501, image 2924; ARKs 1:1:K8KQ-X2F (groom) and 1:1:K8KQ-X2V (bride). Retrieved 16 September 2026. Both parties aged 27; the groom's parents are named as Leon H Roberts and Bessie H Henderson; the bride is indexed under her first married name, Proeger, with her parents as "Lank" [Frank] Silva and Mildred Ross [Rose]. It does two jobs. It replaces a family tree as the authority for Aileane's third marriage, and it is the only record that names Earl Theodore Roberts's own parents — which is how this page can state that he is no relation to the Anna Blanche Roberts in the generation above. Two unrelated Roberts families sit on this tree. ⚠️ She is indexed in February 1946 as Proeger, not as Parliman, though the Parliman marriage of 31 May 1943 came first [S51] — an oddity of the index, recorded and not explained.
  3. S90Ohio Births and Christenings Index, 1774–1973 — Annie Roberts (Anna Blanche), b. 10 Nov 1892 (christening), Bellaire, Belmont, Ohio; father Henry Roberts, mother Rose Williams. FHL Film 902141. Ancestry collection 2541, record 2773008. The record that identifies both parents by name. Maiden name Williams confirmed independently by the CA Death Index (S91).
  4. S91California Death Index, 1940–1997 — Anna Blanche Proeger [Roberts], b. 16 Sep 1890, Ohio; d. 15 Aug 1942, Los Angeles. Mother's maiden name: Williams. Father's surname: Roberts. Ancestry collection 5180, record 5930981. Independently confirms the mother's maiden name from S90. Birth year 1890 vs 1892: the 1900 census supports Sep 1892; the death index is a secondary source for birth date.
  5. S921900 US Federal Census — Henry Roberts household, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. Henry Roberts, 45, Head, b. Nov 1854, West Virginia, Glass Blower, married 25 years; Rose A Roberts, 45, Wife; Etta, 19; Florence, 17; Sam, 15; Thomas, 13. Henry's parents both b. Ohio. NARA T623, Roll 1769, Page 10, ED 0125. Ancestry collection 7602, record 62778072. Image examined, read 24 September 2026: 1590 Warren St.; Rose A. born Nov 1854, W. Va., both her parents b. Ohio, mother of 13 children, 7 living; Etta b. Feb 1881, Florence Feb 1883, Sam Mar 1885, Thomas May 1887. Anna Blanche is not in this household. Only four of Rose's seven living children are at home, so a daughter of seven living elsewhere is consistent with her own count. Siblings Etta (Henrietta), Florence, Sam, and Thomas confirmed.
  6. S381World War I draft registration card — William Leonard Proeger, Local Board No. 15, Tarentum, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, 12 September 1918. Ancestry record 10212496. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed William Leonard Proeger, Maple Ave., R.F.D. #1 Tarentum, age 42, born March 22 1876, native born; mechanic at Allegheny Steel Co., Brackenridge; nearest relative Mrs Anna Proeger, wife; tall, medium build, brown eyes, dark brown curly hair. Also Ancestry record 110212496 (the same card, filed under Anna). His own signed statement of 1876, against a 1878 on a memorial site.
  7. S3821940 U.S. Federal Census — William Proeger household, 414 Park Ave., Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co., New York (ED 7-29, sheet 13A, lines 16–17). Ancestry record 9706875. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed William Proeger, 64, born Pennsylvania, glass worker, $1,248 wages in 1939; wife Anna, 49, born Ohio, the informant; both living in Chicago in 1935; renting, no children at home.
  8. S1174Daily News (Los Angeles), Monday 17 August 1942, page 11 — news item on the death of Mrs. Anna B. Proeger. Newspapers.com image 689233851. Page read (OCR) 1 October 2026. Confirmed “Mrs. Anna B. Proeger, 52, of 2123 Lemoyne st.”, after 20 years of migraine headaches, took an overdose of headache tablets at home and was dead when the police ambulance arrived; her husband said she had been especially nervous since a recent major operation. A reporter's account. Its age (52) and its initials for the husband and son (“H.” and “W. L.”) are press errors: the death index gives 49, and the husband is William L. It does not say whether the overdose was accidental, and no coroner's finding has been read.
  9. S1175Los Angeles Examiner, Wednesday 19 August 1942, page 32 — paid death notice, PROEGER, Anna Blanche. Newspapers.com image 1345687044. Page read (OCR) 1 October 2026. Confirmed “PROEGER. Anna Blanche of 2123 Lemoyne ave., Los Angeles, loving wife of William L. Proeger.” The OCR breaks off at the services line, so the services and burial are not read from this notice.

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