George Wilford Robinson

Brief Life History of George Wilford

When George Wilford Robinson was born on 25 April 1899, in Ucon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, his father, Lee Sidwell Robinson, was 31 and his mother, Annie Johanna Petersen, was 24. He married Lorna Yeates on 22 December 1922, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Crowley Election Precinct, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1950 and Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1971. He died on 8 April 1971, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Ucon Cemetery, Ucon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Wilford Robinson
1899–1971
Lorna Yeates
1901–1969
Marriage: 22 December 1922
Dena Renee Robinson
1932–1999

Sources (39)

  • George W Robinson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • George Wilford Robinson, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
  • Mr. George Wilford Robinson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

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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