Brief Life History of George Franklin
When George Franklin Robinson was born on 21 October 1834, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Alexander Robinson, was 23 and his mother, Mary or Polly Looper, was 19. He married Elvira Jane Griffin about 1857, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Township 5 Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States in 1850 and Township 7 Pumpkintown, Pickens, South Carolina, United States in 1870. He died on 21 November 1888, in Dacusville, Pickens, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Pickens, South Carolina, United States.
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- George F Robinson, "United States Census, 1860"
- George Franklin Robinson, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Franklin Robinson in entry for Marinda Robinson Williams, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
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1835 · Angry Mob Seizes U-S Mail
On August 31, 1835, in Charleston, South Carolina an angry mob takes control over the U-S mail and burns it in public.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
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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