Lincoln Everett Robinson Jr. (1922 - 2001)

Born 15 Jun 1922 in Brockton, MA USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mattie Lillian (Waldron) Diamond — married 26 Dec 1939 (to 16 Apr 1941) in Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Feb 2001 at age 78 in Pottsville, PA USA

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Biography

Lincoln was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, in 1922. He was the son of Lincoln Robinson and Hazel Fader. The family then moved to Maine, where his father was born.

Lincoln became the youngest person in the State of Maine to earn the title of Eagle Scout, receiving the award from the Governor.

At the age of 17, he married (1st) Mattie Waldron. They had one child, Peter Robinson who's last name was changed to Diamond after his parent's divorce.

As the star player on his undefeated high school football team, Lincoln received several college scholarship offers which he turned down in order to marry (2nd) Rose Marie Brochu in 1942. Lincoln and Rose Marie had two daughters before they were divorced.

In 1954 he married (3rd) Edith Holstein with whom he had a daughter and a son.

Lincoln worked as an entrepreneur dealer in heavy equipment parts and as a manufacturer of components for the shoemaking industry.

He passed away in 2001.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch [1]
• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJ3-5GL : 27 November 2014), Lincoln E Robinson and Mattie Waldron, 26 Dec 1939; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMM-R3Q : 14 March 2018), Lincoln E Robinson in household of Lincoln E Robinson, Mechanic Falls Town, Androscoggin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-71, sheet 12A, line 1, family 243, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1470.
• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJ7-5VH : 27 November 2014), Lincoln E Robinson Jr and Rose M Brochu, 16 Nov 1942; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
• "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSR-T7JR : 19 June 2017), Lincoln Robinson and Edith Holstein, 1954, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, from Reclaim the Records, The NYC Marriage Index (http://www.nycmarriageindex.com : 2016); citing New York City Clerk's Office.