William Robinson Sr. (1897 - 1983)

Born 6 May 1897 in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States

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Died 2 Jan 1983 at age 85 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States

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William Robinson, Sr. (1897-1983)

Obituary

William Robinson, Sr., Had Barbecue Shop

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the F.D. Mason Funeral Home for William Robinson, Sr., 85, of 320 1/2 Belmont Avenue, operator of a barbecue shop in the city for more than 35 years.

Mr. Robinson died of a heart ailment Sunday in St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center.

He opened his first barbecue shop on Oak Hill Avenue in 1935 and later moved to Belmont Avenue and operated there until his retirement in 1976. He was known to many as "The King of Ribs."

In 1920, before entering the restaurant business, he opened a furniture shop and remained in the business until materials for finishing and upholstering were cut off during World War II.

Mr. Robinson was born May 6, 1897 in Wheeling, West Virginia, a son of Allen and Mary Belle Lipscomb Robinson and came to Youngstown 68 years ago from Connellsville, Pennsylvania.

He was a member of the Third Baptist Church and the NAACP.

He leaves his wife, the former Bertha Johnson, whom he married in 1950; a son, William Jr. of Washington, D.C.; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Williams of Chicago, Mrs. Myrtle Parkman of Youngstown and Mrs. Delores Jasper of Southfield, Michigan; a brother, George of Youngstown; three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Williams of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Gustava Tankersly and Mrs. Bessie Davis, both of Madison Heights, Michigan; nine grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

A daughter, Mrs. Gloria Crowley, died in 1980.

Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home and at 1166 Park Hill Drive following the calling hours and the services.

Youngstown Vindicator, January 5, 1983

Sources

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPLQ-MP1 : 20 May 2014), William Robinson, Jan 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VKGW-FYQ : 8 December 2014), William Robinson, 02 Jan 1983; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 25123, certificate number 004436, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWDH-BH7 : accessed 15 August 2016), William Robinson, Ward 4, Youngstown City, Youngstown City, Mahoning, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-82, sheet 14B, family 300, 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 3270.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X44B-L5Q : 8 December 2015), William Robinson, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDBB-1VS : 14 December 2015), William Robinson, Youngstown Ward 5, Mahoning, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 5A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,415.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K62W-W3D : 12 December 2014), William Robinson, 1917-1918; citing Fayette County no 2, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,022,796.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGHB-C27 : 29 October 2015), William Robinson in household of Allan Robinson, Dunbar, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 22A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,357.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMFX-HFZ : 22 January 2015), William Robinson in household of Allen Robinson, Clifton Forge District (south & west part) Iron Gate & West Clifton Forge towns, Alleghany, Virginia, United States; citing sheet 5A, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,698.