Albion Edward Traylor

  General Notes:

The 1900 Federal Census for Virginia, Petersburg City, Petersburg Ward 6, District 104, page 190A, records Albium E. Traylor (Feb 1860) (indexed as Fraylor at ancestry.com) with wife Roberta H. (April 1866) and children Virginia K. (May 1889), Louisa B. (Jan 1891), Albium A. (Feb 1893), and James H. (March 1898) married 12 years. Albion is listed as a farmer who has had 5 children of whom 4 are still living. They are living near 572 South West Street which is listed as Traylor's Faarm and West Street. Also living in Petersburg is Albion's wife's brother, William C. Brunner, and his family.

The family is recorded as living at 213 Harrowgate Road in the Bermuda District of Chesterfield County 1902 through 1930.

The 1910 Federal Census for Bermuda District, Chesterfield Co., Virginia, District 1, page 23A records Albion E. (50) and Roberta H. (44 - MD/MD/Can) Trailor (sic) with children Virginia K. (21), Albion A. (17), Robert B. (9), Roberta (7), and Mildred (5) married 22 years with 8 children 5 of whom are still living. Albion is listed as in farming and also employed as a salesman for a newspaper while children Virginia is a Music Teacher at home and Albion is a mailing clerk for an Insurance Company. Their farm is listed as "on or near electric car line, on cross roads between Brandy Bridge and Petersburg Turnpike Roads".

The 1920 Federal Census for Bermuda District, Chesterfield Co., Virginia, District 6, page 79A records Albion E. (59) and Roberta H. (52) Traylor with children Robert B. (18), Roberta (17), and Mildred M. (14). Albion is employed as an Insurance Agent.

The 1930 Federal Census for Bermuda District, Chesterfield Co., Virginia, District 2, page 33B records Albion E. (70) and Roberta H. (64) Traylor with daughter Roberta (27) married 42 years. Albion owns his home valued at $10,000 and is employed as an Insurance Agent. Daughter Roberta is a Stenographer at a Rayon Plant.


Various census records from the 1800s records his name as Albion, Album, and Albanor.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Insurance agent.

Albion married Roberta H. Brunner, daughter of James G. W. Brunner and Catherine J., on 7 May 1888 in Chesterfield Co., VA. (Roberta H. Brunner was born about 1866 in Maryland and died after 1930 in Chesterfield Co. VA.)