Joseph Roebuck

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Roebuck was born about 1865, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Roebuck, was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Martin, was 30. He lived in Penn Hills, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870.

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Family Time Line

George Roebuck
1822–
Elizabeth Jane Martin
1836–1900
James Henry Roebuck
1853–1935
William Roebuck
1855–
Frances Roebuck
1859–1870
Joseph Roebuck
about 1865–
Parkison Shaw Roebuck
1857–1936
Thomas Roebuck
1862–1926
Joseph Roebuck
1867–1920
O G Roebuck
1869–1926

Sources (2)

  • Joseph Rorbuck in household of George Rorbuck, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Roebuck - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Joseph Roebuck

World Events (8)

about 1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

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 (West Yorkshire): nickname from Middle English robuck(e) ‘male roe deer’, perhaps for someone thought to resemble the animal.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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