Brief Life History of Earnest Robert
When Earnest Robert Workman was born on 1 May 1881, in South Gower, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, his father, William John Workman, was 32 and his mother, Margaret A Tripp, was 31. He married Laura Theresa Curl on 16 August 1906, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Leeds, Upper Canada, British Colonial America in 1891 and Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1910. He died on 7 November 1965, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lake Michigan, Oceana, Michigan, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Ernest Workman, "United States Census, 1910"
- Earnest Robert Workman, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
- Ernest Robert Workman, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
Spouse and Children
1881–1965 Male
1888–1950 Female
Children (3)
1907–1989 Female
1909–1909 Male
1910–1996 Male
Parents and Siblings
1849–1928 Male
1850–1925 Female
Siblings (6)
1881–1965 Male
1882–1951 Male
1884–1925 Female
1887–1887 Female
1891–1961 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 1
1883 · Mining Boom
Age 2
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
Age 22
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire): ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, from Middle English werkman ‘laborer, craftsman’, also ‘customary tenant’ (Old English weorcmann). A customary tenant was a person allowed to hold land in exchange for carrying out a certain service.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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