Brief Life History of Robert Roy
When Robert Roy Wilkin was born on 1 August 1890, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States, his father, Hubert Hollister Wilkin, was 40 and his mother, Mary Margaret Cairns, was 37. He married Nora Lee Stovall on 2 December 1911, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Needles, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1920 and Gardena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. He died on 3 July 1958, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 67.
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- R Roy Wilken in household of Hubert H. Wilken, "United States Census, 1900"
- Robert Roy Wilkin, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- R. Roy Wilkin, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
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World Events (8)
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
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.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Wilkin, a pet form of William introduced to England and Scotland by Flemings and Picards after the Norman Conquest.
North German: variant of Wilken .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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