Brief Life History of Robert F.
When Robert F. Dickinson was born on 2 December 1898, in Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States, his father, Charles Elwell Dickinson, was 36 and his mother, Cora Elizabeth Adele Beebe, was 38. He lived in Niagara, New York, United States in 1900. He died on 23 December 1965, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 67.
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- Robert F Dickinson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Robert F. Dickinson - Government record: birth-name: Robert F. Dickinson
- Robert F Dickinson, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Dickenson , a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dicun a pet form of Richard (see Dicken ) + son.
History: Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), was born in Hatfield, MA, in 1688. Both his parents came from pioneer Connecticut Valley stock.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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