Brief Life History of Jane "Jennie"
When Jane "Jennie" Robbins was born on 28 February 1889, in Hamilton, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Thomas Henry Robbins, was 24 and her mother, Rosella Bedford, was 23. She married George Reynolds Baker on 23 December 1905, in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States for about 15 years. She died on 12 June 1915, in East Natick, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Jane Robins in household of Alma V Robins, "Rhode Island State Census, 1905"
- Jane Robbins, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Jane Robbins, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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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.
1895 · College Hall Catches on Fire
On January 27, 1895, College Hall catches on fire and is fully consumed within one hour. During the fire, many students and faculty work together to save many of the items in the building. Some of these are library books. They save the books by piling them onto the rugs and dragging them out of the burning building. College Hall is then later rebuilt and renamed Davis Hall after Governor John W. Davis.
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
English: variant of Robin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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