Brief Life History of Edward William
When Edward William Robinson was born on 10 July 1866, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Edward Robinson Jr., was 27 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Harrington, was 18. He married Elizabeth Rachel Ray Holdaway on 20 July 1887, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 10 April 1924, in Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Edward Robinson in household of Ed Robinson Jr, "United States Census, 1880"
- Edward William Robinson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Edward William Robinson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed
Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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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