Robert Alphonso Taft Sr.

Brief Life History of Robert Alphonso

When Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. was born on 8 September 1889, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, President William Howard Taft, was 31 and his mother, Helen "Nellie" Herron, was 28. He married Martha Wheaton Bowers on 17 October 1914, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1927 and lived in New York, United States in 1953 and Ohio, United States in 2013. He died on 31 July 1953, in New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

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Robert Alphonso Taft Sr.
1889–1953
Martha Wheaton Bowers
1889–1958
Marriage: 17 October 1914
William Howard Taft III
1915–1991
Robert Alphonso Taft Jr.
1917–1993
Lloyd Bowers Taft
1923–1985
Horace Dwight Taft
1925–1983

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  • Robert W Taft, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Robert Taft, Sr, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Robert A Taft, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"

World Events (8)

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.

1890 · Daughters of the American Revolution Founded

"On October 11, 1890, the ""Daughters of the American Revolution"" is founded by Mary Desha, Mary Smith Lockwood, Ellen Hardin Walworth, and Eugenia Washington."

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Staffordshire and Derbyshire): variant of Toft .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial or metonymic occupational name from German Taft ‘taffeta’.

History: Robert Taft (born c. 1640), lived in Braintree, MA, and subsequently Mendon, MA. — Alphonso Taft (1810–91), jurist and politician born in Townshend, VT, was the father of William Howard Taft (1857–1930), 27th president of the US and chief justice of the US Supreme Court.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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