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PETTIGREW,
Rev. Robert Edward
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BIRTH 13 Dec 1868, Bells, Crockett County, Tennessee, USA
DEATH 4 Sep 1962 (aged 93), Tippah County, Mississippi, USA
BURIAL Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery, Chalybeate,
Tippah County, Mississippi, USA
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Robert was a Baptist/Protestant Minister and spent many years
as a Missionary in Brazil.
He left the United States on 23 Aug 1904 and arrived in Bahia, Brazil
on 21 Sept. 1904 to do Missionary work. He arrived in Pernam-
buco a state in northeast Brazil on 12 April 1908 and married
Brazilian born Bertha Mills, daughter of William Mitchell Mills
and Dorah Thatcher, on 30 June 1908. This is the place she was
she was living at the time. They traveled from there in January
1909 to Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil where their first child, a daughter,
Roberta was born on 15 May 1909.
Robert, Bertha and daughter Roberta age 1 departed the Port of Bahia on the ship "Byron" May 1910. They arrived in New York, New York on 18 Jun 1910. They made their way to Texas where son William Robert was born on 10 Oct 1910 in Denton, Denton County, Texas. They were in the US doing missionary work for a couple of years.
They left the United States again and arrived in Paranagua, Município de Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil. Their son Woodrow Wilson was born there on 8 Jul 1913. For the next 5 years they continued with their missionary work. Their son Edward Dunn was born on 16 Nov 1915 Curitiba, Município de Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. In 1919 they left for the United States again.
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New York, Passenger and Crew List
Name: Robert Edward Pettigrew
Arrival Date: 24 Jun 1919
Birth Date: 13 Dec 1868
Birth Location: Tennessee
Birth City: Bells
Port of Departure: Santos, Brazil
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Uberaba
Arrived with his wife and their 4 children.
In 2 Jan 1920 Census the family lived in
Jackson Ward 3, Madison, Tennessee.
They were in the United States until 1922.
U.S. Passport Application
Name: Robert Edward Pettigrew
Age: 53
Birth Date: 13 Dec 1868
Birth Place: Bells, Tennessee
Residence Place: Jackson, Tennessee
Passport Issue Date: 8 Aug 1922
Father: W R Pettigrew
Has Photo: Yes
The missionary work continued in Brazil
from 1922 to 1929 when they came back for
a visit to the United States.
New Orleans, Passenger List
Name: Robert Edward Pettigrew
Arrival Date: 16 Jul 1929
Port of Arrival: United States
Birth Date: 1869
Birth Place: Tennessee, Bells
Age: 60
Port of Departure: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Ship Name: La Plata Maru
In 5 Apr 1930 Census they lived in
Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia. Robert
was 61, Bertha was 51, Roberta was 20,
William Robert was 18, Woodrow Wilson was 16 and Edward was 14.
Robert, Bertha and Edward were back in Brazil later that year.
His wife Bertha died on 22 Apr 1931 in Porto Alegre Brazil at age 52. She was buried at the German Protestant/Baptist Church Cemetery in Porto Alegre, Município de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Robert and his son Edward continued their missionary work for the next 3 and a half years. It would be the last time he went to Brazil.
New Orleans, Passenger List
Name: Robert Edward Pettigrew
Arrival Date: 9 Sep 1934
Port of Arrival: United States
Birth Date: abt 1868
Birth Place: Tennessee, Bells
Age: 65
Port of Departure: Santos, Brazil
Ship Name: Rio De Janeiro Maru.
Arrived with son Edward.
On 2 Apr 1940 Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee,
Robert was a 71 year old Widower living with his
sister Maggie and her husband James Taylor Sisco.
Robert was retired.
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Rev. Pettigrew as a young man
Children:
1. Poberta Pettigrew
2. William Robert Pettigrew
3. Woodrow Wilson Pettigrew
4. Edward Dunn Pettigrew
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1.
Roberta Pettigrew
1909–
BIRTH MAY 15, 1909 • Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
DEATH Unknown
Married: 3 Aug 1943 • Camden County, North Carolina, USA
Divorced: 5 Dec 1944 • Miami, Dade, Forida, USA
Johnnie C Wright
1905–
BIRTH ABT 1905
DEATH Unknown
Son of J H and Annie Wright
2.
Robert William Pettigrew
1910–2003
BIRTH 10 OCT 1910 • Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
DEATH 15 SEP 2003 • Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, USA
Married 1st: 1935 • Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Helen Elizabeth Smith
1913–1983
BIRTH 13 FEB 1913 • Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
DEATH 1 MAR 1983 • Wenonah, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA
Daughter of Alton Lester Smith and Lula May Crowe
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Child:
1.
Patricia L Pettigrew
1938–
BIRTH ABT 1938
DEATH Living
Married: Jul 1955 • Woodbury
City, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA
Richard Smolka
1931–2003
BIRTH 23 MAR 1931 • Burlington
County, New Jersey, USA
DEATH 21 JUL 2003 • Melbourne,
Brevard, Florida, USA
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Children:
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Richard Alton Smolka
1959–
BIRTH 26 JUN 1959
DEATH Living
Married: 19 Aug 1979 • Brevard County, Florida, USA
Divorced: 7 Feb 2000 • Brevard County, Florida, USA
Jeni Rochelle Swank
1960–
BIRTH 25 DEC 1960
DEATH Living
2.
Jeffrey L Smolka
Robert married 2nd:
Loulie O Latimer
1912–1998
BIRTH 8 MAR 1912 • Salem, Columbiana, Ohio, USA
DEATH 15 JAN 1998 • Travelers Rest, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Daughter of Leon Mobley Latimer and Mary Greer
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Woodrow Wilson Pettigrew
1913–2000
BIRTH 8 JUL 1913 • Paranagua, Paraná, Brazil
DEATH 25 JUL 2000 • Warren, Macomb, Michigan, USA
Married: 7 Feb 1940 • Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Eura Lee Stuart
1920–1981
BIRTH 22 FEB 1920 • Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
DEATH 30 JAN 1981 • Colorado, USA
Daughter of David Duval Stuart and Bessie Elizabeth Ricks
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Children:
1.
Edward Lee Pettigrew
1943–2016
BIRTH 5 JUN 1943 • Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
DEATH 22 JAN 2016 • Brighton, Adams, Colorado, USA
Married: 5 Dec 1964 • Aurora, Adams, Colorado, USA
Judy Jo Smith
4.
Edward Dunn Pettigrew
1915–1981
BIRTH 16 NOV 1915 • Curityba, Parana, Brazil
DEATH 2 DEC 1981 • Chesapeake, Chesapeake City, Virginia, USA
Married: 21 Jun 1941 • Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Thelma Neneda Reid
1915–1987
BIRTH 5 MARCH 1915 • Buchanan, Botetourt, Virginia, USA
DEATH 18 MARCH 1987 • Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Daughter of James "Bud" Emmett Owen Reid and Roberta Henderson
