John Reed Robinson Jr (1859 - 1935)

Born 18 Aug 1859 in Willard, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States

Husband of Merelda Angela (Peart) Robinson — married 27 Feb 1882 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States

Husband of Annie Louise (Christensen) Robinson — married 22 Dec 1886 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States

Husband of Hilda Ulricka (Erickson) Robinson — married 22 Jun 1893 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1935 at age 76 in Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States

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Biography

John Reed Robinson was born on August 18, 1859, in Willard, Utah, when his father, John Reed Robinson , was 35 and his mother, Ann Gregson , was 31. He was the fourth child in a family of nine children, five boys and four girls.

John had a speech impediment, which made schoolwork very difficult for him. Consequently, he attended school only a short time which he regretted all of his life, as it was a handicap to him on many occasions. However, he compensated in many ways for this lack of education and was very apt in mentally calculating figures and percentages along with an astute business mind.

Because he was unable to attend school, his father assigned him much of the work about the home as well as the work in the canyon. His father had a sawmill and lumber business which he operated when he was not engaged in teaching school. At the time John was twenty years of age, his father passed away leaving him as the sole support of the family consisting of his mother and the five younger children. This forced maturity at a young age. He was strong, very energetic, and a hard worker. A quote from Uncle Robert Erickson when he was asked what he remembered particularly about John Robinson he said, "He sure as hell knew how to work".

He was a member of the Mormon Church. ^[1] In 1860 his father moved the family to Richmond Territory of Utah. He spent his youth and the early part of his married life there.

He was married three times and had 11 sons and four daughters. Sorrow was no stranger to him as on three different occasions he was left the sole support and comfort of his motherless children. As the age of 23 he married Merelda Angela Peart and to this union was born one son, John Peart, known as J.P. The mother of his first son passed away at the time of the child's birth. It is presumed that the death was due to childbirth.

Two years later John married Annie Christensen in the Logan Temple. To this union were born three children: Willard, Alvin and Hazel. She too, passed away leaving him widowed again.

His last marriage on 22 June 1893 in the Logan Temple was to Hilda Ulricka Erickson, age 21. To them were born ten children: Ada, Carl, Reynold, Leonard (twins), James, Willie, Sybil, Justie, Thomas and Hilda. At the time of the birth of their last child, Hilda, his third wife passed away. The baby was just three days old at the time of her mother's death and the oldest was fourteen. There were two chidren from a previous marriage still at home, making the total of 12 motherless chldren left to care for.

He died on December 21, 1935, in Afton, Wyoming, at the age of 76, and was buried in Freedom, Idaho, in the Freedom Cemetery. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848"
   • John Robinson Jr, Relationship to Primary Person Child
   • Birth Date 18 Aug 1859, Birth Place Willard, Box Elder, Utah, USA
2. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial ID 28760631 [1]

John Robinson Jr., 1960's,

• Written by Correne Papworth Barrus~daugher of Sybil Jacos Robinson & Royle Spencer Papworth~Granddaughter of John Robinson & Hildah Erickson

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH27-PZQ : 12 December 2017), Jno Robinson in entry for Jno Robinson, 1860.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRJ-GS6 : accessed 10 February 2018), John Robinson, Richmond Precinct Richmond city, Cache, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 1A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,682.