Ida Jane Robinson

5 August 1873–7 January 1960 (Age 86)
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Ida Jane

When Ida Jane Robinson was born on 5 August 1873, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Alexander Francis Robinson, was 27 and her mother, Maria A Moyer, was 22. She married Emery Edwin Shaffer on 20 June 1891, in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hazle Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Milnesville, Hazle Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 7 January 1960, in Hazleton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Conyngham, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Emery Edwin Shaffer
1867–1943
Ida Jane Robinson
1873–1960
Marriage: 20 June 1891
Harry Amandus Schaffer
1891–1919
Warren A Schaffer
1893–1968
Charles Edward Schaeffer Sr.
1894–1976
Clarra Shaffer
1897–
Pearl Jane Schaffer
1904–1984
Walter E Schaffer
1909–1934
William Earl Schaffer
1914–1997

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 June 1891Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
    Age 2
    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
    1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
    Age 4
    Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 23
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Robbinson
    Robin

    Sources (9)

    • Ida Shaeffer, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Ida Robinson in entry for William Earl Schaffer and Ethel Mae Stumpf, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
    • Ida J Schaffer, "United States Census, 1910"

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