Robertha Robinson (abt. 1899)

Born about Jan 1899 in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Robertha ""Bertha" Robinson was born 24 Jan 1899 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa.^[2] She was the daughter of William Robinson and Emma Hurley.^[2] As of 8 Jun 1900, Bertha lived with her parents at 317 East Maple Avenue in Ottumwa, with her siblings, Walter (age 18), Charlie (age 15), Nellie (age 14), Martha (age 10), Ida (age 9), Neal (age 7) and Lenora (age 4), as well as her married sister, Lillie (age 22), and her husband, William Robinson, and their son, Lewis Ray (age 1).^[3] All of them continued to reside in that home in 1901, with her father working as a carpenter and her brother, Walter, and brother-in-law, William, working as "molders" at Dain Manufacturing Company.^[4]

She married James Maduras in Ottumwa, 16 Aug 1916.^[5]

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2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Sources: (1) Marriage Record: "Rebertha Robinson" born in Iowa 24 Jan 1899 to "William D. Robinson" and "Emma Hurley Robinson." See "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVZR-MXX : 1 April 2020), Rebertha Robinson, 24 Jan 1899; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 979,675. (2) 1900 Census, discussed more fully elsewhere in this profile, shows "Rubertha Robbinson" IA-born Jan 1899 to "Wm D Robbinson” and "Emma Robbinson."
3. ↑ 1900 Census shows "Wm D Robbinson” (45, literate house painter, IA-born Nov 1854 to OH-born parents) and his wife of 24 years, "Emma Robbinson" (44, IA-born Dec 1855 to IN-born father and IL-born mother, and who had given birth to 10 children, 9 then living), lived in their mortgaged house at 317 "East Mable Avenue" (see below) in Ottumwa, Wapello Co, IA, with these IA-born children: "Wm Walter Robbinson" (18, born Sep 1881), "Chas L. Robbinson" (15, born Sep 1884), "Nellie Robbinson" (14, born Feb 1886), "Martha A Robbinson" (10, born Nov 1889), "Ida May Robbinson" (9, born May 1891), son "C.A. Robbinson" (7, born Jun 1892), "Lenora Robbinson" (4, born Jan 1896) and "Rubertha Robbinson" (1, born Jan 1899). Also living with them are their daughter, "Lillie R. Robinson" (22, IA-born Jun 1877, who has given birth to 2 kids, one living) and her husband, “son in law,” "Wm Robinson" (28, “moulder,” VA-born Feb 1872, to English-born father and PA-born mother) and their IA-born son, "Lewis Ray" (1, born Jul 1898). See 1900 US Census, Population Schedules for Ward 3 (west of 5th St.), Ottumwa City, Wapello County, Iowa, enumerated 8 Jun 1900. Enumeration District 122. National Archives Microcopy 632, Roll 423, Page 7B. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) by clicking the page number above. Note: As for the address, Ottumwa has a "Maple Avenue" and "Mable Street" but no "Mable Avenue."
4. ↑ McCoy's 1901 Ottumwa City [Telephone] Directory shows, at page 242: "Robinson Wm wf Emma, carp, r 317 e Maple av.[;] Robinson, Walter, molder, r 317 e Maple av.[;] Robinson Wm, wf Lillie L, molder Dain Mfg Co r 317 e Maple av." It shows at page 241: "Robinson Charles W, r 317 E Maple av." See Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995[1]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
5. ↑ Marriage Record. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJJ5-HCL : 27 September 2017), James Madurus and Roberta Robinson, 16 Aug 1916, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States; citing reference Vol 26 Pg 355, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,765,284. Note: Copyright protection doesn’t extend to copies of images within the public domain, per [this.