When Gurdon Bert Robinson was born on 25 February 1876, in Township of Ensley, Newaygo, Michigan, United States, his father, Ethan Rix Robinson, was 53 and his mother, Sabrina G Chapel, was 40. He married Julia Etta Hawley on 20 January 1900, in Lake City, Missaukee, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Muskegon Heights, Muskegon, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Grant Township, Newaygo, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 10 January 1946, in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Idlewild Cemetery, Kent City, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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After the second state capitol had been destroyed, Michigan Governor Henry P. Baldwin initiated the passing of a bill that would cover the costs for a new building. The bill was adopted and raised over $1 million by a six year state income tax. Architect Elijah E. Myers' design named Tuebor, or I will defend, was selected and he was commissioned to design the new capitol building. The renaissance revival brick and sandstone building soared 267 feet from the ground and was dedicated on January 1, 1879.
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.
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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).
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