Brief Life History of Robert Benjamin
When Robert Benjamin Brandon was born in 1872, in Arkansas, United States, his father, M Brandon, was 28 and his mother, Sarah F Brandon, was 24. He married Laura Crisco on 23 December 1900, in White, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Seminole, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Bald Knob, White, Arkansas, United States in 1927. He died on 26 September 1929, in White, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Bald Knob, White, Arkansas, United States.
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- Robert B Brandon, "United States Census, 1910"
- R B Brandon, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Robert Benjamin Brandon, "Find A Grave Index"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1878
Historical Boundaries 1878: White, Arkansas, United States
1889
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Brandon, in Durham, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire, and elsewhere. Most are named with Old English brōm ‘broom, gorse’ + dūn ‘hill’. One in Lincolnshire, however, may be named after the Brant River, on which it stands; Ekwall derives the river name from Old English brant ‘steep’, presumably with reference to its steep banks. This surname was known in Ireland early enough to have a Gaelicized form de Breandún.
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Breandáin ‘son of Breandán’, a rare Kerry surname from the Latinized form of the name of the local saint, Brendan (Brendanus from Bréanainn).
French: from the Old French oblique case of the personal name Brando, of ancient Germanic origin (see Brand 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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