Brief Life History of Walter
When Walter Robertshaw was born on 17 June 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, James Robertshaw, was 50 and his mother, Rebecca Jane Webster, was 32. He married Aagot Ragnild Andersen on 5 January 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Ruth, White Pine, Nevada, United States in 1930. He died on 15 March 1966, in East Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Walter R Robertshaw, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mr. Walter Robertshaw, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Agness R Robertshaw, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English (West Yorkshire): habitational name from a lost place Robertshaw in Heptonstall (Yorkshire), from the Middle English, Old French personal name Robert + Middle English shaue, shaghe ‘wood, grove, thicket’ (Old English sceaga).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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