Brief Life History of Frank Otis
When Frank Otis Robertson was born on 18 August 1890, in Oakley, Lucas, Iowa, United States, his father, Charles B. Robertson, was 29 and his mother, Anna Maria Copeland, was 22. He lived in Center Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1905. He died on 15 August 1909, in Texas, United States, at the age of 18, and was buried in Chariton, Lucas, Iowa, United States.
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- Frank O Robbertson, "Iowa State Census, 1905"
- Robertson, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Frank O. Robertson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: patronymic from the Middle English, Norman French, and Older Scots personal name Robert + -son. This surname is especially common in Scotland, where Robert was a popular personal name and the name of three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce (1274–1329).
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Robertsson: patronymic from the personal name Robert .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Robertsen, a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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