Edmond Burke Robinson

Brief Life History of Edmond Burke

When Edmond Burke Robinson was born on 17 October 1869, in Mill Creek, Williams, Ohio, United States, his father, Robert Elliott Robinson, was 37 and his mother, Eliza Jane Looker, was 30. He married Lucille "Lucy" Maggie Grisier on 2 May 1895, in Williams, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Northwest, Williams, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Forest, Richland, Wisconsin, United States in 1905. He died on 13 October 1942, in Dade, Florida, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Edmond Burke Robinson
1869–1942
Lucille "Lucy" Maggie Grisier
1867–1948
Marriage: 2 May 1895
Bertha Della Grisier
1886–1969
Edna Mable Robison
1895–1976

Sources (11)

  • Edmund B Robison in household of Frederick A Toalson, "Wisconsin State Census, 1905"
  • Edward Robinson, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Edmond B Robison, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1878 · St. Mary's Episcopal Church is Built

The Episcopal Diocese of Florida organized a mission church in 1878 to provide a location that could serve seasonal guests. Visitors and residents from Green Cove Springs raised over $1000 to build the church. On March 10, 1879, the Church held its first service. This location is notable because it would eventually be added to U.S. National Register of Historic Places (February 17, 1978).

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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