Brief Life History of Urbanus Grey
When Urbanus Grey Robertson was born in February 1868, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Meredith Thorne Robertson, was 35 and his mother, Lucy Jane Winn, was 30. He married Frances Winifred Powell on 24 September 1891, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in District 4, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died on 10 September 1957, in Logan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Urbanus G Robertson, "United States 1950 Census"
- U G Robertson, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Urbanus Gray Robertson, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: patronymic from the Middle English, Norman French, and Older Scots personal name Robert + -son. This surname is especially common in Scotland, where Robert was a popular personal name and the name of three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce (1274–1329).
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Robertsson: patronymic from the personal name Robert .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Robertsen, a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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