Gertrude Perkins Robinson

Brief Life History of Gertrude Perkins

Gertrude Perkins Robinson was born in September 1870, in Massachusetts, United States. She married David Hansen on 20 June 1898, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. She died on 1 March 1920, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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David Hansen
1870–1967
Gertrude Perkins Robinson
1870–1920
Marriage: 20 June 1898
Gordon Hansen
1904–1972
Arthur Hansen
1909–1967

Sources (18)

  • Robinson, "United States, Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Gertrude P Robinson - Government record: birth-name: Gertrude P Robinson
  • Gertrude P. Robinson, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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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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