Robert James Hume Sr.

Male24 December 1898–1957

Brief Life History of Robert James

When Robert James Hume Sr. was born on 24 December 1898, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William James Hume, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth or Lizzie D. Hume, was 31. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Anna Elizabeth Stryker. He lived in Schuylkill Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Coatesville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died in 1957, in United States, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Robert James Hume Sr.
1898–1957
Anna Elizabeth Stryker
1906–2000
Florence Hume
1927–
Robert James Hume Jr.
1928–2018
Lawrence Stryker Hume Sr.
1930–1988

Sources (9)

  • Robert J Hume in household of William J Hume, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Robert James Hume, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
  • Robert J. Humes, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

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Children (3)

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 2

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

1905 · The Movie Theater

Age 7

The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 18

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Lowlands) and northern English: variant of Hulme , with loss of l before the bilabial consonant /m/, as in the vocabulary word calm. See Holm and Home .

Scottish: habitational name either from the barony of Home or from Hume (or Home) in Berwickshire, from which the barony took its name. The placename derives from Old English hōum, dative plural form of hōh ‘heel, spur of land’.

History: A family of this name (see 2 above) have held the Earldom of Home since 1605.

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

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