Roy was born on September 4, 1880 to Nancy (Tole) Kime Singer and William A. Singer, in Sumner County, Kansas during the few years in which they attempted to homestead. The family returned to LaSalle County, Illinois while Roy was a young child, and by 1884 they had settled in Strawn, Livingston County, where it appears Roy Singer would spend the majority of his life.
From the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 US censuses, it appears that Roy Singer lived with other family members and was probably never married. As a young 19 year-old man, he lived with his parents and brothers in Strawn and worked with his father and brothers Charles, William Jr. and Fred as painters. At the time of the 1910 census, Roy was living with his parents in Strawn and working as a country school teacher. In both the 1920 and 1930 censuses, as well as in his 1918 World War I draft registration, Roy is working at the Farmers National Bank of Strawn --- probably in conjunction with his brother Fred Singer.
In 1920 Roy Singer headed a household in Strawn in which he supported his widowed mother, his widower brother Fred (a bank teller) and his two daughters Gladys and Lillian, and a boarder named Lew (or Louis) E. Grandstaff (a barber). In 1930 Roy was supporting a household in Strawn consisting of Louis E. Grandstaff (58, a real estate agent), Christina M. Singer (his widowed sister-in-law, working as a nurse in a private home), Charles A. Singer (age 16, son of Christina), and Howard J. Roth (age 19, nephew of Roy, working as an assistant bank cashier). In Fred Singer's October 1942 obituary, Roy is listed as living in Pontiac, Livingston County, which coincidentally was the town in which Fred was living at the time of his passing.
Roy Singer's tombstone lies by itself (no wife or children) next to his parents' monuments in the Strawn Cemetery. The inscription on his grave simply states "Roy Singer" bordered by the years 1880 and 1956.
From the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 US censuses, it appears that Roy Singer lived with other family members and was probably never married. As a young 19 year-old man, he lived with his parents and brothers in Strawn and worked with his father and brothers Charles, William Jr. and Fred as painters. At the time of the 1910 census, Roy was living with his parents in Strawn and working as a country school teacher. In both the 1920 and 1930 censuses, as well as in his 1918 World War I draft registration, Roy is working at the Farmers National Bank of Strawn --- probably in conjunction with his brother Fred Singer.
In 1920 Roy Singer headed a household in Strawn in which he supported his widowed mother, his widower brother Fred (a bank teller) and his two daughters Gladys and Lillian, and a boarder named Lew (or Louis) E. Grandstaff (a barber). In 1930 Roy was supporting a household in Strawn consisting of Louis E. Grandstaff (58, a real estate agent), Christina M. Singer (his widowed sister-in-law, working as a nurse in a private home), Charles A. Singer (age 16, son of Christina), and Howard J. Roth (age 19, nephew of Roy, working as an assistant bank cashier). In Fred Singer's October 1942 obituary, Roy is listed as living in Pontiac, Livingston County, which coincidentally was the town in which Fred was living at the time of his passing.
Roy Singer's tombstone lies by itself (no wife or children) next to his parents' monuments in the Strawn Cemetery. The inscription on his grave simply states "Roy Singer" bordered by the years 1880 and 1956.
Roy was born on September 4, 1880 to Nancy (Tole) Kime Singer and William A. Singer, in Sumner County, Kansas during the few years in which they attempted to homestead. The family returned to LaSalle County, Illinois while Roy was a young child, and by 1884 they had settled in Strawn, Livingston County, where it appears Roy Singer would spend the majority of his life.
From the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 US censuses, it appears that Roy Singer lived with other family members and was probably never married. As a young 19 year-old man, he lived with his parents and brothers in Strawn and worked with his father and brothers Charles, William Jr. and Fred as painters. At the time of the 1910 census, Roy was living with his parents in Strawn and working as a country school teacher. In both the 1920 and 1930 censuses, as well as in his 1918 World War I draft registration, Roy is working at the Farmers National Bank of Strawn --- probably in conjunction with his brother Fred Singer.
In 1920 Roy Singer headed a household in Strawn in which he supported his widowed mother, his widower brother Fred (a bank teller) and his two daughters Gladys and Lillian, and a boarder named Lew (or Louis) E. Grandstaff (a barber). In 1930 Roy was supporting a household in Strawn consisting of Louis E. Grandstaff (58, a real estate agent), Christina M. Singer (his widowed sister-in-law, working as a nurse in a private home), Charles A. Singer (age 16, son of Christina), and Howard J. Roth (age 19, nephew of Roy, working as an assistant bank cashier). In Fred Singer's October 1942 obituary, Roy is listed as living in Pontiac, Livingston County, which coincidentally was the town in which Fred was living at the time of his passing.
Roy Singer's tombstone lies by itself (no wife or children) next to his parents' monuments in the Strawn Cemetery. The inscription on his grave simply states "Roy Singer" bordered by the years 1880 and 1956.
From the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 US censuses, it appears that Roy Singer lived with other family members and was probably never married. As a young 19 year-old man, he lived with his parents and brothers in Strawn and worked with his father and brothers Charles, William Jr. and Fred as painters. At the time of the 1910 census, Roy was living with his parents in Strawn and working as a country school teacher. In both the 1920 and 1930 censuses, as well as in his 1918 World War I draft registration, Roy is working at the Farmers National Bank of Strawn --- probably in conjunction with his brother Fred Singer.
In 1920 Roy Singer headed a household in Strawn in which he supported his widowed mother, his widower brother Fred (a bank teller) and his two daughters Gladys and Lillian, and a boarder named Lew (or Louis) E. Grandstaff (a barber). In 1930 Roy was supporting a household in Strawn consisting of Louis E. Grandstaff (58, a real estate agent), Christina M. Singer (his widowed sister-in-law, working as a nurse in a private home), Charles A. Singer (age 16, son of Christina), and Howard J. Roth (age 19, nephew of Roy, working as an assistant bank cashier). In Fred Singer's October 1942 obituary, Roy is listed as living in Pontiac, Livingston County, which coincidentally was the town in which Fred was living at the time of his passing.
Roy Singer's tombstone lies by itself (no wife or children) next to his parents' monuments in the Strawn Cemetery. The inscription on his grave simply states "Roy Singer" bordered by the years 1880 and 1956.
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