Thomas Harvey Robbins (1850 - 1904)

Born Nov 1850 in Jefferson County, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Robertson) Robbins — married 7 Oct 1872 (to before Feb 1898) in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States

Husband of Paralee (Hulsey) Robbins — married 28 Feb 1898 in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 17 May 1904 at age 53 in Jefferson County, Alabama, USA

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Biography

Thomas Harvey Robbins was born November, 1850, in Alabama. Thomas is the son of Thomas B. Robbins and Nancy A. Youngblood. 1850 Census done in Dec 1850, he was 1 month old. ^[1] 1900 Census states birthdate was May 1851 ^[2] Gravestone has May 5 1848. ^[3]

Thomas, age 1 month, appears in the 1850 Federal census in the household of his father, Thomas B. Robbins, in Jefferson Co., Alabama. Thomas B. Robbins' household was enumerated in December, 1850. Thomas' age given as 1 month would mean he was born in November, 1850. NOTE: that Thomas' tombstone gives his date of birth as May 5, 1848; and his date of birth is given as May 1851 in the 1900 Federal census.^[1]

Thomas, age 10 appears in the 1860 in Federal census in Jefferson county, Alabama in the household of his father, Thomas B. Robbins.^[4]

Thomas was named the executor of his mother's will.

Thomas married Mary Ann Robertson on the 7th of October 1872 in Jefferson county, Alabama.^[5]

Thomas appears in the 1880 Federal census as head of household, in Jefferson County, Alabama. The household had the following children listed: Melissa C. Robbins, age 6; Martha A. Robbins, age 4; Mary M. Robbins, age 2; and Harvey T. Robbins, age 1.^[6]

Thomas Robbins and Mary Ann Robertson Robbins divorced before February, 1898. Thomas Robbins married his second wife, the widow Paralee Hulsey Ward, on February 28, 1898, in Jefferson County, Alabama.^[7]

Thomas and Paralee Robbins were the parents of Kathryn Robbins born July 1899; and Gevena Whitt Robbins, who went by the name G. Whitt Robbins, born 1901 and died 16 November, 1966, Jefferson County, Alabama.^[2]

Thomas died May 17, 1904, in Jefferson County, Alabama.^[3]

Research Notes

Nancy E. Robbins, born 1854, and Robert Maxwell Robbins born 1860, were incorrectly listed as the children of Thomas H. Robbins and Mary A. Robertson Robbins. Nancy E. Robbins and Robert Maxwell Robbins are the sister and brother of Thomas H. Robbins. See the "United States Census, 1860" ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH59-H2H : 12 April 2016), Thomas F Robins in household of Thomas B Robins, Jefferson county, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing family 59, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98T-MDJ : accessed 31 July 2019), Thomas H Robbins, Precinct 6, 23, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89, sheet 6B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,020.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11816841/thomas-harvey-robbins : accessed 23 October 2021), memorial page for Thomas Harvey Robbins (5 May 1848–17 May 1904), Find A Grave: Memorial #11816841, citing Good Hope Baptist Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Patricia Wilbert (contributor 46790338) Gravestone has complete dates
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDK-8K1 : 13 December 2017), Thomas H Robins in entry for Thomas B Robins, 1860.
5. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQWX-F9Q : 14 October 2017), Thomas H Robbins and Mary A Robinson, 07 Oct 1872; citing Jefferson, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,738,569.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JL-RK2 : 26 August 2017), Thomas H Robbins, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 68, sheet 348B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0017; FHL microfilm 1,254,017.
7. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DS-45JK : 28 November 2018), Thomas Robbins and Parilee Hulsey, 28 Feb 1898; citing Jefferson, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 4,159,308.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Robbins-466 created through the import of Godfrey non-living.ged on Jun 14, 2011 by Jim Godfrey. GEDCOM file from Betty Hamilton January 2009 Title: GEDCOM file from Betty Hamilton January 2009