Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Robinson was born on 7 April 1895, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph Andrew Robinson, was 41 and his mother, Emma H Erhardt, was 26. He married Julia Orlena Dorsey on 26 September 1914, in Clark, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States in 1920. He died on 14 November 1961, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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- William Robinson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Wm H Robinson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- William Henry Robinson, "Kentucky, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1900 · Governor Shot
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
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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