Brief Life History of Venus
When Venus Robinson was born on 10 February 1891, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Arthur G Robinson, was 31 and her mother, Annie Marguerite White, was 22. She married Ernest Crabtree Rossiter on 28 June 1911. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She immigrated to World in 1945 and lived in United States in 1949 and World in 1950. She died on 20 May 1963, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Cinia Robinson in household of Sitlaws Robinson, "United States Census, 1900"
- Venus Robinson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Venus Robinson Rossiter, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.
The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
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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