Brief Life History of Vesta
When Vesta Robinson was born on 18 October 1876, in Steuben, Washington, Maine, United States, her father, Alden Robinson, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Haskell Stevens, was 29. She married Frank B. Colson on 14 May 1893, in Milbridge, Washington, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died in 1925, at the age of 49, and was buried in Steuben, Washington, Maine, United States.
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- Vesta M Colson in household of Frank B Colson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Vesta Robinson, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
- Robinson, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .
West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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