Brief Life History of Arthur G
When Arthur G Robinson was born on 15 October 1880, in Kent, Putnam, New York, United States, his father, James B. Robinson, was 19 and his mother, Adriana Hadden, was 18. He married Evalina Robinson on 6 January 1900, in Towners, Patterson, Putnam, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Kent Corners, Kent, Putnam, New York, United States in 1900. He died on 25 September 1939, in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Carmel, Putnam, New York, United States.
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- Arthur E Robinson in household of James B Robinson, "United States Census, 1900"
- Arthur G Robinson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Arthur G Robinson in entry for Marlin A Robinson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
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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