Robert John Cordner
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Jul 1898 - , , , Ireland 382,404
Christening:
Death: 19 May 1934 - New Orleans, Orleans, LA 405
Burial: in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin 406
Cause of Death: accidental drowning 110
Events
Notes
• He immigrated in 1898 to Boston, Suffolk, MA. 382
• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS. 382 Listed with Gilbert Cordner as son.
• He appeared on the census in 1910 in Wells, Monroe, Wisconsin. 392 Listed as son with Gilbert Cordner.
Parents
Father: Gilbert Cordner (1868-1941) 110
Mother: Emma Caroline Victoria Beatrice Stevenson (1870-1948) 109,110
Notes
Burial Notes:
He is buried in the Farmer's Valley Cemetery. May 19, 1934. USNRF Mach Mate 1 C.L. on headstone.General:
Robert was in the Navy. Sandy Davis has a newspaper article that says there was an accidental drowning while he was on duty. Sandy's father says that on Robert's retirement day from the Navy, he was in New Orleans and got involved in a drunken brawl and somhow was killed. Someone reported the military drowning so that his mother would get benefits because the family was so poor, and to obtain an honorable discharge. A woman that was there they day he died told this story to a family member. 110