Brief Life History of John Calvin
When John Calvin Robson was born on 15 May 1894, in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States, his father, Francis Hector Robson, was 25 and his mother, Cynthia Ann Hampton, was 21. He married Viva Rae Augustine on 23 June 1915, in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Osage, Oklahoma, United States in 1935 and Caney Township, Osage, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 May 1987, in Woodson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Yates Center, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States.
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- John C Robson, "United States 1950 Census"
- John C Robson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- John C. Robson, "Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935"
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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.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Rob(be) (see Robb ), a pet form of Robert , + -son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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