Brief Life History of Ethel
When Ethel Robinson was born on 4 December 1907, in Ottawa, Michigan, United States, her father, Hiram Ray Robinson, was 24 and her mother, Emily Jane Parish, was 21. She married Glen Allen McCaslin on 11 September 1926, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Allendale, Allendale Township, Ottawa, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Bruce Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 10 March 1934, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Wayland Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States.
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- Ethel Robinson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ethel Mae Robinson, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Ethel Mccaslin, "Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
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World Events (8)
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
1910 · Upper Twin Falls Bridge
The Upper Twin Falls Bridge which connected Breitung Township, Michigan, to Florence County, Wisconsin. The through-truss bridge spanned the Menominee River and was completed in 1910. The bridge was closed to through traffic in 1971 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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 (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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