Willis Eugene Robinson^[1]

1860 -

• Name	Willis Eugene Robinson  [1]
  Born	2 Jul 1860	Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I25	Robinson-Jochen
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2015

  
  

  Family 1	Mary A Kingsbury,   b. Abt 1860, Ohio, United States ,   d. 29 Sep 1937, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F55	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Alice Melissa Gibbens,   b. 18 Sep 1859, Barry, Pike, Illinois, United States ,   d. 2 Jun 1936, Elma, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1886	Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Eben E. Robinson,   b. Dec 1887, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 4 Dec 1953, Elma, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States  (Age ~ 65 years)   2. Roy Clayton Robinson,   b. 21 Mar 1889, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 1 Aug 1966, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States  (Age 77 years)   3. Willis G. Robinson,   b. Aug 1891, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 8 Jul 1908  (Age ~ 16 years) + 4. Lee Page Robinson,   b. 4 Mar 1892, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 28 Aug 1966, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States  (Age 74 years) + 5. Ruth E. Robinson,   b. 21 Feb 1894, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States ,   d. Oct 1979  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Jul 1860 - Wisconsin, United States Married - 30 Jun 1886 - Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Willis Eugene Robinson 1870 US Census Eagle, Waukesha, Wisconsin Willie Robinson, age 11, b Wisconsin, residing in home of Ebenezer F Weld
  		Willis Eugene Robinson 1880 US Census Center, Rock, Wisconsin Willie Robinson, age 19, b Wisconsin, farmer father b New York, mother b New York
  		Willis Eugene Robinson State Census 1 June 1885 Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota Territory W E Robinson age 24, b Wisconsin
  		Willis E Robinson 29 July 1890 US Patent Faribault, Rice, Minnisota Patent for Telephone Call Register Applied 15 Feb 1889
  		Willis Eugene Robinson 1895 State Census Faribault, Rice, Wisconsin Willie E Robinson, age 35, b Wisconsin
  		Willis Eugene Robinson 1900 US Census Faribault, Rice, Minnesota Robinson, W E, age 38, b Jul 1861 wisconsin, married father b new york, mother b new york. marriage year 1886 Robinson, Alice M, age 40, wife Robinson, Eben E, age 12, son Robinson, Roy C, age 11, son Robinson, Willie G, son Robinson, Lee H, son Robinson, Ruth E, daughter
  		Willis Eugene Robinson City Directory 1905 Denver, Colorado Willis e. Robinson, 1106 13th, electrician
  		Willis Eugene Robinson 4 April 1907 US Patent Denver, Colorado Patent for Combination Tool Applied 28 February, 1906
  		Willis Eugene Robinson 1910 US Census Gary, Lake, Indiana Robinson, Willis, age 50, b Wisconsin, electrician, steel plant Robinson, Mary A, age 50, wife, b Ohio Robinson, Albert, age 28, son, (step son) b Ohio Robinson, Frank E, age 25, son, (step son) b Ohio

  
  

• Notes

  Ebenezer Fisk Weld had a will and his estate went through probate in 1889 per newspaper article. His will may provide information regarding Willie Robinson. --------------------------------------------------------- If Eliza Ann Bovee is the mother of Willie/Willis she used the name of her youngest brother, Eugene as the middle name for Willie/Willis. See http://person.ancestry.com/tree/12475335/person/-251686713/facts Also see 1910 newspaper article for Lemuel Bovee, brother of Eliza Ann Bovee here: http://linkstothepast.com/waukesha/obitsBi.php -------------------------------------------------------- This tree on Ancestry lists a son being born to Eliza A Bovee in 1861. See http://person.ancestry.com/tree/12475335/person/-251686714/facts --------------------------------------------------------- If Harriet is the sister of Willie/Willis she lists the same information on the 1900 census...born in Wisconsin, father and mother's birthplace is New York. See http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1900usfedcen&h=63779931&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&rhSource=60525 -------------------------------------------------------- 1870 Census has Willie Robinson, age 11, born in Wisconsin living with Ebenezer and Fanny Weld in Eagle, Waukesha, Wisconsin. The Waukesha County website lists burial for the Welds: "WELD: Fanny/Feb 23, 1829/Windsor, VT/Oct 29, 1891/wife of Fisk Weld Ebenezer Fisk/Oct 20, 1811/Reading, VT/July 11, 1889/Melendy Prairie, WI" "Mr. Ebenezer Fisk Weld gave the land for the cemetery and is believed to have offered land for the church. Most of the deceased of the Melendy's Prairie area are now laid to rest in this cemetery." FamilySearch has a record of Ebenezer Weld: https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KZN4-ND4 ------------------------------------------------------ The Willis Robinson in the 1910 census has been married for 9 years or since 1901. The two boys shouldn't be Robinsons. He is listed as an Electrician. See https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKP6-WM4 Gary Ward 2, Lake, Indiana ------------------------------------------------------ Plat map for W. Robinson - possibly ours? http://www.linkstothepast.com/waukesha/mapsummit.php ------------------------------------------------------ A Methodist preacher in Wisconsin by the name of W. E. Robinson died in 1883. See https://books.google.com/books?id=0HwSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA510&lpg=PA510&dq=%22w+e+robinson%22+wisconsin&source=bl&ots=y7GQg_NE9E&sig=X7ylhNVBNhXOMbeJGuvQ5Xde13M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjS-vfJrLnJAhUDmIgKHZe1DvQQ6AEIQjAI#v=onepage&q=%22w%20e%20robinson%22%20wisconsin&f=false See https://books.google.com/books?id=0dk4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1084&lpg=PA1084&dq=%22w+e+robinson%22+wisconsin&source=bl&ots=Yszs8DnV0A&sig=ajbdVfa8Q1q-OzEp5qWZYT-AlK0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjS-vfJrLnJAhUDmIgKHZe1DvQQ6AEIRTAJ#v=onepage&q=%22w%20e%20robinson%22%20wisconsin&f=false This IS NOT our Willis Eugene Robinson. See the following at http://www.wisconsinumc.org/Resources/Documents/Archives/Flashback/January-2011.pdf: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF REVEREND WARRALL EDWARD ROBINSON Bruce Gardow According to the 1880 United States Federal Census, Warrall Edward Robinson was born on September 30, 1857 in Connecticut, the son of Edward and Mary A. Robinson who had emigrated from England. Warrall was the only surviving child of the four that the Robinson's had. At the time of the 1880 census the Robinson family lived in Plymouth, Wisconsin, which is located in Juneau County. Information about Warrell's early life seems to have disappeared with time. However, Robinson re-appears in the early 1880's as a student of the Elroy Seminary in Elroy, Wisconsin. After graduating from the seminary, Robinson was received on trial at the 1883 session of the West Wisconsin Conference. held in Baraboo on September 25. At this session, he was appointed pastor of the Pepin Methodist Episcopal Church. Robinson lived at the boarding house down by the lakeshore. Here he met and befriended Charles Evans, the principal of the Pepin School. On the night of December 3rd, 1883, Robinson and Evans decided to go ice skating on... -------------------------------------------------------- W. E. Robinson in Blanchard, Lafayette, Wisconsin IS NOT Willis Eugene Robinson. His parents were born in Scotland and Pennsylvania and he married Annie and had children Homer and Dona. See https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KCXV-YG8 -------------------------------------------------------- Willis Robinson born in about 1862 to John and Charlott from Sweden and Canada is not our man. See https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN9L-G2N

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 15 March 2015.