Robert Simon Dickson

Male14 November 1873–23 September 1957

Brief Life History of Robert Simon

When Robert Simon Dickson was born on 14 November 1873, in Bristol, Kendall, Illinois, United States, his father, Simon Dickson, was 43 and his mother, Jeanette Vallance Patterson, was 33. He married Carrie Grace Fuller on 26 April 1898, in Kendall, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Yorkville, Kendall, Illinois, United States in 1950. He died on 23 September 1957, in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bristol Township, Kendall, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Simon Dickson
1873–1957
Carrie Grace Fuller
1873–1947
Marriage: 26 April 1898
Mildred E. Dickson
1899–1972
Simon W. Dickson
1903–1991
Beulah Grace Dickson
1906–1963

Sources (15)

  • Robert Dickson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Robert S. Dickson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
  • Robert Simon Dickson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 April 1898Kendall, Illinois, United States

    • Children (3)

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    Siblings (5)

    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 · The First Workers Strike

    Age 4

    The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

    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

    Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dick + son.

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

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