John Alva Robinson

Male12 September 1858–29 May 1940

Brief Life History of John Alva

When John Alva Robinson was born on 12 September 1858, in Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, United States, his father, George Franklin Robinson, was 23 and his mother, Elvira Jane Griffin, was 18. He married Mourning Alice Hill about 1876, in Dacusville, Pickens, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Township 7 Pumpkintown, Pickens, South Carolina, United States in 1870 and Dacusville, Pickens, South Carolina, United States for about 20 years. He died on 29 May 1940, at the age of 81, and was buried in Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Alva Robinson
1858–1940
Mourning Alice Hill
1858–1924
Marriage: about 1876
Susan Elvira "Ellie" Robinson
1877–1880
Lewis Franklin Robinson
1880–1947
Mary Malissa Robinson
1882–1980
Joseph Furman Robinson
1884–1884
Elizabeth B Robinson
1885–1976
Dora E. Robinson
1887–
Ethel Robinson
1888–1957
John Fulton Robinson
1890–1930
Llewellyn Hill Robertson
1892–1927
Jennie Lucille Robinson
1897–1981

Sources (19)

  • John A Robinson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • J A Robinson in entry for Wm Joseph Hunter and Jennie Robinson, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Jno. A. Robinson in entry for J. Fulton Robinson, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1876Dacusville, Pickens, South Carolina, United States
  • Children (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1860

    Age 2

    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.

    1863

    Age 5

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 23

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    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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