Laura Catherine (Bear) Robison (1870 - 1931)

Born 4 Mar 1870 in Nodaway, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Clifford Robison — married 25 Feb 1892 in Holt, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 20 May 1931 at age 61 in Spearfish, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States

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Biography

Laura was born in 1870. Laura was the youngest child of Samuel Kennerly and Nancy Susannah (Wood) Bear and is listed with her parents on the 1880 Census.^[1] Her father died when she was 14 so she went to live with an older sister, Mattie and John Smith at Tarkio, Missouri. Her mother was ill and was living with other children. Laura and Mattie both attended high school and college at Tarkio, Missouri. She married James Clifford "Cliff" Robinson on February 25, 1892 in Holt, Missouri.^[2] After filing on the homestead in 1897, Clifford and Laura both taught school in Crook County and she is listed with her husband on the following census reports:

• 1900 Census ^[3]
• 1910 Census^[4]
• 1920 Census^[5]
• 1930 Census^[6]

She passed away in 1931 at the age of 61 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XB-R1V : 29 December 2021), Laura Bear in household of Samuel Bear, Barnard, Nodaway, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZFKP-TP2M : 12 August 2020), Laura C Bear in entry for Clif Robison, 25 Feb 1892; citing Marriage, Holt, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007425030.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3VR-DQR : accessed 2 January 2022), Laura C Robison in household of James Robison, Beulah, Alva, Farrall, Forest, Hulett, Hay Creek, Little Missouri, Welcome, Crook, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25, sheet 10A, family 206, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,826.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPFM-W94 : accessed 2 January 2022), Laura C Robinson in household of James C Robinson, Spearfish School District, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 6A, family 82, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1483; FHL microfilm 1,375,496.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6NT-NDH : 3 February 2021), Laura C Robison in entry for James C Robison, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQVC-2VG : accessed 2 January 2022), Laura Robinson in household of Cliford Robinson, Township 6, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 4A, line 40, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2226; FHL microfilm 2,341,960.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185568099/laura-catherine-robison : accessed 02 January 2022), memorial page for Laura Catherine Bear Robison (4 Mar 1870–20 May 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 185568099, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA ; Maintained by Carl Steiger (contributor 47175561) .