Brief Life History of Robert Thomas
When Robert Thomas Devlin was born in 1859, in California, United States, his father, Robert Devlin, was 35 and his mother, Catherine Otterson, was 21. He married Mary E Dwyer on 27 March 1894, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States. He lived in Vacaville Judicial Township, Solano, California, United States in 1860 and Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States for about 60 years. He died on 24 February 1938, in Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.
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- Robert T Devlin in household of Robert Devlin, "United States Census, 1860"
- Robert T Devlin, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Robert T Devlin, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Siobhan, Brid, Caitlyn, Colum, Eamon, John Patrick, Kieran, Paddy, Seamus, Sinead.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dobhailéin ‘descendant of Dobhailéan’, a personal name probably from a diminutive of dobhail ‘unlucky, unfortunate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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