Robert Eady
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"Robert Eady," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/882.
- Position
- Grounds Laborer
- Years in President's House
- circa 1929
- Legal Status
- Free Person
- Gender
- Male
- Race/Ethnicity
- Black or African American
- Presidency
- Herbert Hoover
- Biography
- Robert Eady was born around 1901 in South Carolina. (1) In the 1920s, he worked for the Office of Public Buildings and Parks, and as early as 1929, he was assigned to the White House under the supervision of Head Gardener Charles Henlock. (2) Shepherd may have worked on the White House Grounds or at the White House greenhouses near the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the National Mall. It is unclear how long he was assigned there, as further information about his life and career is limited.
- (1) Robert Eady in the 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, District of Columbia; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0034; FHL microfilm: 2340027, Ancestry.com.
(2) Boyd’s District of Columbia Directory (R. L. Polk and Co., 1927), pg. 554; Boyd’s District of Columbia Directory (R. L. Polk and Co., 1929), pg. 551; Employees on Duty at the Executive Office, 1929, Lou Henry Hoover Papers, Subject Files, White House Christmas 1929, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. - Birthplace
- South Carolina, USA