Brief Life History of Elmer Lee
When Elmer Lee Robinson was born on 7 November 1895, in Hester, Navarro, Texas, United States, his father, James Robinson, was 25 and his mother, Amelia Hill, was 30. He married Johnie D Taylor on 18 April 1926, in Navarro, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 17 May 1963, in Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States.
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- Elmer R Robinson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elmer Robinson - Published information: birth-name: Elmer Robinson
- Elmer Robinson, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
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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