Brief Life History of Amelia Melvina
When Amelia Melvina Robison was born on 14 November 1853, in Macon, Alabama, United States, her father, Major Robert Coleman Robison, was 29 and her mother, Martha Hardwick Jones, was 24. She married David Lassie Sowders after 1872, in Limestone, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Bastrop, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 4, Bastrop, Texas, United States in 1920. In 1900, at the age of 47, her occupation is listed as "in the early years here mrs. frazier operated a millinery and dressmaking shop." in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, United States. She died on 4 September 1939, in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, United States.
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Sources (22)
- Meloina Frazier, "United States Census, 1910"
- A. M. Soders, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Amelia Mell Frazier, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Bastrop, Texas, United States.
1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed
A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Robson or else a shortened form of Robertson or Robinson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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