Brief Life History of William Martin
When William Martin Robinson was born on 12 May 1853, in Peters Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Lewis Franklin Robinson, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Catherine Ann Ruthrauff, was 24. He married Nancy C. Boswell on 23 December 1869, in Callaway, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Moniteau Township, Howard, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 23 January 1928, in Osage Township, Morgan, Missouri, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Ivy Cemetery, Osage Township, Morgan, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Willis Robinson, "United States Census, 1900"
- Family Bible Birth and Misc Records Lewis F. Robinson and Sarah ann Roughroaff and children Caroline, William Martin, Joseph Kieffer, Geo Henry
- William M Robinson, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .
West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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