Herman Willis 'Tecumseh' Roberts

Herman Willis 'Tecumseh' Roberts

Male 1896 - 1966  (69 years)

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  • Name Herman Willis 'Tecumseh' Roberts  [1, 2, 3
    Born 7 Jan 1896  Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Chief Kiutus Tecumseh  [3
    Race Mulatto  [3
    Reference Number 9881 
    Residence 1900  Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age: 4; EnumerationDistrict: 0130; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Son 
    Residence 1920  Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    StreetAddress: N 4 St; Age: 23; Occupation: Laborer; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 215; Industry: Power House; RelationToHead: Son; MaritalStatus: Single 
    _ELEC 1932  Yakima Indian Reservation, Yakima, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tribal Chief 
    Died 3 Jan 1966  Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Yakima Indian Reservation, Yakima, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Terrace Heights Memorial Park
    Person ID I9881  Families

    Father John W. Roberts,   b. Aug 1866, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1933, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Julianna Bannister,   b. Oct 1860, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1939, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Jefferson,   b. 29 Oct 1921, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1980, Yakima, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 3 May 1943  Grant, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. P. Roberts
     2. R. Roberts
    Family ID F7450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Jan 1896 - Vigo, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 4; EnumerationDistrict: 0130; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Son - 1900 - Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - StreetAddress: N 4 St; Age: 23; Occupation: Laborer; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 215; Industry: Power House; RelationToHead: Son; MaritalStatus: Single - 1920 - Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps_ELEC - Tribal Chief - 1932 - Yakima Indian Reservation, Yakima, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 May 1943 - Grant, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Jan 1966 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Yakima Indian Reservation, Yakima, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Chief Kiutus Tecumseh
    Chief Kiutus Tecumseh
    aka Herman Willis Roberts

  • Notes 
    • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Newspaper) - January 4, 1966, Walla Walla, Washington - Tribal Chief Dies Here.
      OBITUARY

      Chief was his given name and he had served as elected chief of the Wenatchee Indian tribe since 1932. Chief Kiutus Tecumseh, of White Swan, who would have been 70 years old Jan. 7, died Monday at the Walla Walla VA Hospital. Tecumseh was born in Vigo County, Indiana, of a Wenatchee mother and a father, John Tecumseh, who was Cherokee and Shawnee. After becoming tribal chief, he was twice invited to the White House. Once by Mrs. Herbert Hoover, and by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Under the name of Henry Willis Roberts, Tecumseh enlisted in the U.S. Navy at Seattle May 3, 1918, and was discharged there in 1922. He was first admitted for a service connected heart disability to the Bremerton Naval Hospital in 1953 and first came to the local VA Hospital for treatment in 1956. He was admitted the last time on Dec. 6. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the chief is survived by his widow, Marie, at White Swan, four daughters and two sons.

  • Sources 
    1. [S295] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana; Roll: 410; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0130; FHL microfilm: 1240410.
      Record for John Roberts

    2. [S416] Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Collection Title: Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: cegrtmarcert0002050.
      Record for Marie Jefferson

    3. [S158] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Yakima, Yakima, Washington; Roll: T625_1946; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 215.
      Record for Herman W Roberts