Robert Emil Long

5 November 1913–1994 (Age 80)
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

The Life of Robert Emil

When Robert Emil Long was born on 5 November 1913, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Herman Fredrick Long, was 30 and his mother, Olive Mae Beasley, was 29. He lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Central Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died in 1994, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Herman Fredrick Long
1883–1980
Olive Mae Beasley
1884–1950
Russell Raymond Long
1905–1934
Mildred May Long
1907–1988
Erwin Eugene Long
1910–1999
Mary Hannah Long
1912–1993
Robert Emil Long
1913–1994

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 3

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.
1931 · The Bagnell Dam and Lake of the Ozarks

Age 18

The Bagnell Dam on the Osage River was completed in 1931. The dam was built to generate hydroelectric power to the Osage Power Plant. The building of the dam created Lake of the Ozarks, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, and over 1,000 miles of shoreline.
1935 · The FBI is Established

Age 22

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

Name Meaning

1 English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long’, ‘tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus).2 Irish (Ulster (Armagh) and Munster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin ( see Langan ).3 Chinese 龙: from the name of an official treasurer called Long, who lived during the reign of the model emperor Shun ( 2257–2205 bc ). his descendants adopted this name as their surname. Additionally, a branch of the Liu clan ( see Lau 1), descendants of Liu Lei , who supposedly had the ability to handle dragons, was granted the name Yu-Long (meaning roughly ‘resistor of dragons’) by the Xia emperor Kong Jia ( 1879–1849 bc ). Some descendants later simplified Yu-Long to Long and adopted it as their surname.

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

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  • Robert E Long in household of Herman F Long, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Robert E Long in household of Herman F Long, "United States Census, 1920"

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