Albert Nelson Robinson I (1869 - 1931)

Born 1869 in Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware

Ancestors

Husband of Grace Treca (Noon) Robinson — married 1891 (to 1899) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Husband of Minnie (Whiteman) Robinson — married 1902 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 5 Sep 1931 at about age 62 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Albert Nelson Robinson "I" was born in 1869. He was the 2nd son and 3rd child of George Cleland Robinson and his wife Ann "Annie" (Howell) Robinson. The family lived in Wilmington, Delaware, where Albert Nelson was born. His father was a horse-drawn carriage manufacturer and had had an important contract with the US government during the Civil War for hearses and ambulance wagons. The family were of Scotch and Protestant Irish/English heritage and belonged to the Presbyterian church in Wilmington. His name "Albert Nelson" reflected his grandmother Elizabeth Nelson's oft-repeated statement that they were kin to the famous Napoleonic Wars Admiral, Horatio Nelson, who won the Battle of Trafalgar and whose statue decorates London's Trafalgar Square still today (2015).

According to the 1880 Census, George & Annie Robinson had 4 living children:

Edwin Howell Robinson - 17 years = born 1 May 1863

Lola Robinson - 15 years = 1865

Albert Nelson Robinson - 11 years = 1869

Harry Cleland Robinson - 1 year = 1879

In 1891, Albert Nelson Robinson I married Grace Treca Noon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[1] They had 3 children:

1. Marion Howell Robinson, b. May 15, 1893
2. Albert Nelson Robinson "Sr." b. in 1896
3. Allen Robinson, b. January 1899

On 1899, shortly after her third child was born, Grace (Noon) Robinson caught cholera and she died of that disease on May 6, 1899. Shortly thereafter, on August 4, 1899, her infant son, Allen Robinson, also died of the dreaded disease. Now a bereft widower, Albert gave his 2 other small children [Marion Howell Robinson & Albert Nelson Robinson "Sr."] to his married older sister, Lola Robinson Whiteman, to raise (see Robinson-8623).^[2]

Three years later, Albert N. Robinson I re-married, this time to Minnie Whiteman, the younger sister of Lola Robinson's husband, Thomas Jefferson Whiteman. Shortly thereafter, young Marion and Albert returned to their father's home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The family then moved to Landis Township, Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey, where they owned a poultry farm; they also kept a home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Albert and Minnie (Whiteman) Robinson had two children together:

1. Ralph W. Robinson, b. 1903; d. 1954 in NJ
2. Enoch Howell Robinson, b. Dec. 30, 1912; d. Sep. 14, 1994 in NJ

Albert Nelson Robinson I died on September 5, 1931, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is buried at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. Plot: N 174.^[3] His 2nd wife, "Minnie" (Whiteman) Robinson, survived him; she lived in Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey, near her two sons, until she died there on August 15, 1966. Minnie is buried at Siloam Cemetery, Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA.^[4]

See below for more on Marion Howell Robinson, m. Edwin HART.

Posted by Donna R. Falcone, 4 July 2004:^[5]

I am trying to locate information on Marion H. Robinson Hart, an obituary would be extremely helpful.

Facts as I think I know them:

Born in May 1896 in Pennsylvania (probably Philadelphia) to Albert N. Robinson and his wife Grace Treca Noon. Served in the military and was stationed at Ft. Sam Houston in the 1920 census, was still single.

Lived in Chicago when her father died in 1931, according to his obituary, and apparently married someone named HART after 1920 and before 1931.

May have died in Illinois in March 1964, if the SSDI record I found is the correct one.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. Living in the Philadelphia area I have no idea where to begin looking in the Midwest. Thanks.

REPLY Posted by Anne Sellers, 5 July 2004:

Hi Donna,
This could be your Marion:

US Census Records:

1910: Phil PN

Albert M. Robinson 49 2nd marriage 7 yrs DE DE DE laundry/ own shop

Minnie mar 7 yrs 1 born/ 1 living DE DE DE

Marion H. 17 PN DE IRE

A. Nelson 14 PN DE IRE

Ralph 6 DE DE DE

1920: PENNA - ROBINSON

Albert

Minnie

Ralph W.

Howell E.

1930: Highland Park, Lake IL

Edwin Hart 35 IL IL IL salesman/ electric supply

Marion 35 m. 9 yrs PN DE PN

Elizabeth A. 5 IL IL PN

You will find obits for Edwin (1955) & Marion (1977) as well as the Marion you found in the S.S. index who died Mar 64 at this site:

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive?p_produ...

Hope this helps,

Anne

REPLY by Donna Robinson Falcone:

Re: Marion H. Robinson [Hart] - posted by Donna R Falcone, 5 July 2004:

Thank you so much Anne! The 1910 census is the correct family, as well as the 1920.

Minnie Whiteman married the widower Albert N. Robinson in 1902 in Philadelphia, PA. Marion [Howell Robinson] and her brother (Albert) Nelson Robinson are 1/2 siblings to Ralph and E. Howell Robinson. Minnie's older brother Thomas [Whiteman] was married to Albert's sister Lola Robinson, this family gets rather confusing.....

Now that I have a correct death date I am hoping to be able to obtain a genealogical copy of her death record. Oddly enough I have always thought her to be born c.1896, but her SSDI record claims May 15, 1893. Her husband's WW I draft record lists his birthdate as May 15, 1895. If she was born in 1893 it certainly explains why I have not found her birth record!
I am so grateful you were able to locate the correct family, the "other" Marion Hart was the "state's attorney" for a period of time. The facts just did not fit together. My Marion was listed as a dietician in the 1920 census, a long stretch from becoming a lawyer in less than 6 years!

Thanks again.

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JVHB-LYS : accessed 18 Mar 2014), Robinson and Grace Treca Noon, 1891; citing license number 46603, City Hall. Marriage license for Albert Nelson Robinson and Grace Treca Noon (aka Grace Moon).
2. ↑ "Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FNY2-V3N : accessed 18 Mar 2014), Grace Moon in entry for Allen Robinson, 04 Aug 1899; citing , Kent, Delaware, United States, Hall of Records, Dover; FHL microfilm 6391. And First-hand knowledge of Chet Snow as told him by Lola Robinson's daughter, his grandmother, Beulah Whiteman Bonine and noted in Prof. C.A. Bonine's unpublished family genealogy, in his possession as of March 2014.
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 142219857 - Albert M. Robinson. Note: The "M" should be "N" for "Nelson". A correction will be requested. 4 Oct 2015.
4. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 99330531 - Minnie Whiteman Robinson
5. ↑ Marion H. Robinson Hart on Ancestry.com Message Boards - 2004

See also:

• "Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11617-33539-37?cc=1520546 : accessed 11 Mar 2014), 004252489; citing Hall of Records, Dover.

The certificate is for a son, Allen Robinson, who died aged 7 months (b. February 1889) of cholera on August 4, 1889. Father: Albert N. Robinson, b. in Delaware; Mother: Grace Moon [sic = typo., her real name was "Noon"], b. in Ireland.