Brief Life History of Rufus Lester
When Rufus Lester Robinson was born on 29 May 1897, in Marines, Onslow, North Carolina, United States, his father, Cullen Robinson, was 61 and his mother, Elizabeth Prescott, was 38. He lived in Onslow, North Carolina, United States in 1935 and Stump Sound Township, Onslow, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 26 April 1975, in Jacksonville, Onslow, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Jacksonville, Onslow, North Carolina, United States.
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- Rufus L Robinson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Rufus Lester Robinson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Rufus Robinson, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
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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