Grace Agnus
COBB
(b.
22 April 1878
,
Raymond, Maine, USA
d.
29 October 1967
,
Portland, Maine, USA
)
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Grace Agnus COBB was born
22 April 1878
in Raymond, Maine, USA.
Grace Agnus COBB
was the child of
Ivory COBB
and
and the grandchild of:
(paternal)
William Elwell COBB and
Hannah COBB
(maternal)
William VERRILL and
Lydia TRIPP
She married James Hosea ROBINSON 25 March 1901 in Auburn, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children. They divorced. James Hosea ROBINSON was born 27 March 1881 in Maine, USA.
She married (2) Charles E PHILBRICK 20 April 1913 . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Charles E PHILBRICK was born 29 April 1874 in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, USA. He died 20 December 1916 in Fairfield, Maine, USA.
She married (3) Edward Albert PARKER 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, USA . Edward Albert PARKER was born 24 September 1896 He died 22 April 1983 in Auburn, Maine, USA.
Grace Agnus COBB died 29 October 1967 in Portland, Maine, USA .
NOTE: Grace Cobb was the sister of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above.
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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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James Hosea ROBINSON-- Date: 25 March 1901 Place: Auburn, Maine, USAfamilysearch.org
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event type: Marriage
event date: 1901
event place: Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine
gender: Male
age:
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father: Martin Robinson
mother: Frances E Knowlton
spouse:
spouse's father: Ivory Cobb
spouse's mother:
film number: 10027
dgs number: 4703866
image number: 01583
"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KCDN-F25 : accessed 05 Oct 2012), Ivory Cobb in entry for null and null, 1901.
THEY MARRIED EACH OTHER TWICE!
Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence Bride State of Residence Groom State of Residence
GRACE A COBB - Bride
JAMES H ROBINSON - Groom Mar 25, 1901 Maine, United States Marriage 0 MINOT MINOT ME ME
Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence Bride State of Residence Groom State of Residence
GRACE A COBB - Bride
JAMES H ROBINSON - Groom May 2, 1911 Maine, United States Marriage 0 AUBURN AUBURN ME ME
Maine Marriages Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996
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Bride Name: COBB GRACE A
Bride Town/ State: AUBURN, ME
Groom Name: ROBINSON JAMES H
Groom Town/ State: AUBURN, ME
Date of Marriage: Tuesday May 2, 1911
PROBABLY DIVORCED AGAIN BEFORE 1914 BECAUSE HIS MOTHER IS LISTED AS CONTACT ON HIS WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD. HE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AROUND FOR THE DEATHS OF TWO OF HIS CHILDREN IN 1913.
Children:
Mildred E ROBINSON (b.16 January 1903, Poland, Maine, USA d. 28 December 1991, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA )m. Augustine Fred BOUCHER 3 January 1920
Roland Martin ROBINSON (b.14 January 1906, Poland, Maine, USA d. February 1974, , New Hampshire, USA)m. Florence Charlotte KINGSBURY 12 May 1925
m. Arline L HODSDON 23 September 1944
Raymond E ROBINSON (b.24 September 1907, Portland, Maine, USA d. 16 January 1913, Minot, Maine, USA) 
Gertrude Florence ROBINSON (b.8 May 1911, , Maine, USA d. 30 January 1913, Auburn, Maine, USA) 
Lawrence James ROBINSON (b.8 May 1911, , Maine, USA d. 11 July 1911, Auburn, Maine, USA) Lawrence Milford ROBINSON (b.21 April 1912, Auburn, Maine, USA d. 20 August 1976, Wilton, Franklin, Maine, USA)Grace Agnus COBB married
Charles E PHILBRICK-- Date: 20 April 1913 Place: americanancestors.org
Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence Bride State of Residence Groom State of Residence
GRACE A COBB - Bride
CHARLES E PHILBRICK - Groom Apr 20, 1913 Maine, United States Marriage 0 LEWISTON LEWISTON ME ME
Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence
GRACE A ROBINSON - Bride
CHARLES E PHILBRICK - Groom Apr 20, 1913 Maine, United States Marriage 0 LEWISTON LEWISTON
Maine Marriages Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996
Children:
Charles Everett PHILBRICK (b.16 November 1913, Lewiston, Maine, USA d. April 1914, Lewiston, Maine, USA) 
Mary Etta PHILBRICK (b.3 April 1915, Lewiston, Maine, USA d. 23 October 2009, Lewiston, Maine, USA)m. Frank Bradford HAYES 22 December 1933
m. Charles Wesley DUNN October 1962
Grace Agnus COBB married
Edward Albert PARKER-- Date: 1946 Place: Chicago, Illinois, USAChildren:
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Obituary The Lewiston Daily Sun Lewiston, Maine Oct 31, 1967
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Birth 22 April 1878
Raymond, Maine, USA
1878 Birth
Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922Name: Gracie Cobb
Birth Date: 22 Apr 1878
Birth Place: Raymond
Registration Place: Raymond, Cumberland
Father: Ivory Cobb
Gertrude and Gracie Cobb
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1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets. 1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton. 1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. 1884 - May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country. 1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date. 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
1886 - January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885). 1887 - February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed. 1890 - December 29 - Wounded Knee Massacre occurred - 7th Cavalry killed more than 250 Lakota men, women and children; Sitting Bull killed at Little Eagle; Indian wars ended 1892 - NO MORE BARGE OFFICE. Immigrants Will Hereafter Land at Ellis Island. 1893 - May 1 - World's Columbian Exposition 1894 - Pullman strike 1896 - Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike 1897 - September 1 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America. 1898 - U.S. battleship, Maine, blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, igniting the Spanish-American war. 1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20). 1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.1900 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Grace Cobbtitles:
residence: Auburn city, Androscoggin, Maine
birth date: Apr 1878
birthplace: Maine
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race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name: Eugene Lane
gender: Female
marital status: Single
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1900 - March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. 1900 - June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. 1901 - January 22 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.
1901 Marriage / PartnerGrace Agnus COBB and James Hosea ROBINSON 25 March 1901, Auburn, Maine, USA
March 27, 1901
The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, MaineMarch 27, 1901
Miss Grace A. Cobb of Minot, was united in marriage to Mr. James H. Robinson, also of Minot at the Court street Free Baptist parsonage Monday evening, March 25th. Rev. J. Stanley Durkee officiated. The young couple will make their home in Auburn for a time.
1903 - Marconi sends and receives the first wireless transatlantic communication 1903 - June 16 - Ford Motor Company is incorporated in Detroit, Michigan 1903 - October - First World Series 1903 - December 17 – Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the first documented, successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight. 1904 - April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1). 1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal 1906 - April 7 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.1903 Birth of ChildMildred E ROBINSON was born 16 January 1903, Poland, Maine, USA
1906 Birth of ChildRoland Martin ROBINSON was born 14 January 1906, Poland, Maine, USA
1907
MINOTMr and Mrs James Robinson and family have moved to Portland.
Lewiston Evening Journal
March 6, 1907
1907 Birth of ChildRaymond E ROBINSON was born 24 September 1907, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)
1909 - In Police Circles
James H. Robinson of Poland was arraigned in the Auburn Municipal Court Friday morning on complaint of his wife, charged with non-support. The wife, Grace A. Robinson, testified that he will not support himself or his family and that when he does get any money that he spends it for drink. The respondent expressed affection for his family and begged for another chance but to no avail, being sentenced to six months in jail.The Lewiston Daily...Read MORE...
1909 - Many Divorces
Grace A. Robinson of Poland told the court that her husband, James H. Robinson, promised to reform his habits of intoxication if she married him but after a few short months of wedded bliss it was all changed. She left him for eight weeks one time and then went to living with him again as he pretended to have reformed. Her sister-in-law told of Robinson's habits of intoxication.The Lewiston Daily Sun
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1910 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Grace A Robinsonbirthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Auburn Ward 4, Androscoggin, Maine
marital status: Divorced
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 245
page number: 10
Household Gender Age
Grace A Robinson F 32y
child Mildred E Robinson F 7y
child Roland M Robinson M 7y
child Raymond E...Read MORE...
1911 Birth of ChildGertrude Florence ROBINSON was born 8 May 1911, , Maine, USA
1911 Birth of ChildLawrence James ROBINSON was born 8 May 1911, , Maine, USA
1912 Birth of ChildLawrence Milford ROBINSON was born 21 April 1912, Auburn, Maine, USA
1913 Marriage / PartnerGrace Agnus COBB and Charles E PHILBRICK 20 April 1913,
1913
Light Run of FeverChildren's Home, Lewiston Under Quarantine - Only Two of the Children Ill.
The Children's Home, Main street, Lewiston was placed under quarantine Saturday, two of the children having come down with scarlet fever. One of the patients is Mildred Robinson, daughter of Mrs. Grace Robinson who was recently elected matron at the home and the other patient is Gladys Knight. The children are said to be having a very light run of...Read MORE...
1913 Death of ChildRaymond E ROBINSON died 16 January 1913, Minot, Maine, USA
1913 Death of ChildGertrude Florence ROBINSON died 30 January 1913, Auburn, Maine, USA
1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated. 1913 - December 23 – The Federal Reserve System is created as the central banking system of the United States by Woodrow Wilson's signature of the Federal Reserve Act. 1914 - Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation. 1914 - August 1 - World War I begins: Germany declares war on Russia and France and invades Belgium 1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call, 1915 - May 7 – WWI: Sinking of the RMS Lusitania: British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by Imperial German Navy U-boat U-20 off the south-west coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 civilians en route from New York to Liverpool. 1916 - On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14. 1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship. 1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany. 1917 - June 5 – WWI: Conscription begins in the United States. 1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time (DST goes into effect on March 31). 1918 - October 31 – The Hungarian government terminates the personal union with Austria, officially dissolving the Austro-Hungarian empire. 1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification. 1919 - June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, blaming Germany for World War I and creating a League of Nations 1919 - October 28 – Prohibition in the United States is authorized:1913 Birth of ChildCharles Everett PHILBRICK was born 16 November 1913, Lewiston, Maine, USA
1915 Birth of ChildMary Etta PHILBRICK was born 3 April 1915, Lewiston, Maine, USA
1916 Death of Spouse/PartnerCharles E PHILBRICK died 20 December 1916, Fairfield, Maine, USA
1920 Androscoggin County, Maine
name: Grace Philbrichresidence: , Androscoggin, Maine
estimated birth year: 1879
age: 41
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Widowed
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
film number: 1820637
digital folder number: 4300992
image number: 00800
sheet number: 1
Household Gender Age
Grace Philbrich F 41y
child Mildred Robinson F 17y
child Roland...Read MORE...
1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1924 - June 2 - Congress Granted Citizenship to All Native Americans Born in the U.S. 1929 - February 11 - Independent State of Vatican City created by Lateran Treaty 1929 - St Valentine's Day Massacre 1929 - October 24–29 – Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).1930 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Grace Philbrickevent: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
gender: Female
age: 46
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1884
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0028
family number: 357
sheet number and letter: 17A
line number: 24
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1930 - February 18 - Pluto is discovered 1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem. 1931 - May 1 - The Empire State Building Opens 1932 - May 20–May 21 – Amelia Earhart flies from the USA to Derry, Northern Ireland in 14 hours 54 minutes. 1933 - March, The Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "Bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions. 1933 - April 5 - President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a national emergency and issues Executive Order 6102, making it illegal for U.S. citizens to own substantial amounts of monetary gold or bullion. 1933 - April 19 – The United States officially goes off the gold standard. 1933 - November 8 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed. 1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition. 1935 - Dust Bowl: The great dust storm in the United States hits eastern New Mexico and Colorado, and western Oklahoma the hardest. 1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law. 1935 - September 30 - Roosevelt Dedicates Boulder Dam (later to be known as Hoover Dam) 1937 - May 6 – Hindenburg disaster: 1938 - October 24 - The minimum wage is established by law in the United States. 1939 - April 30 - World's Fair opens in New York City 1939 - September 1 - World War II begins: Germany invades Poland 1940 - May 10 - Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain 1941 - January 13 – All persons born in Puerto Rico since this day are declared U.S. citizens by birth, through U.S. federal law. 1941 - December 7 - Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor 1941 - December 8 - WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "Infamy Speech" 1941 - December 11 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. The U.S. responds in kind. 1942 - February 2 – WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order directing the internment of Japanese Americans and the seizure of their property. 1942 - June 4–June 7 – WWII: The Battle of Midway: The Japanese naval advance in the Pacific is halted. 1942 - December 1 – Gasoline rationing begins in the United States. 1943 - February 7 – WWII: In the United States, it is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in 2 days. 1943 - Penicillin first used successfully to treat a patient1944 - Minot
Mrs. Grace Philbrick of Lewiston is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Chesnell.The Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
June 22, 1944
1944 - June 6 - WWII – D-Day: 1945 - August 6 – WWII: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima: A United States B-29 Superfortress, the Enola Gay, drops an atomic bomb, codenamed "Little Boy", on Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:15 a.m. (local time). 1945 - August 9 - Atomic bombing of Nagasaki: A United States B-29 Bomber, Bockscar, drops an atomic bomb, codenamed "Fat Man", on Nagasaki, Japan, at 11:02 a.m. (local time). 1945 - September 2 - World War II ends 1947 - February 25 - The German state of Prussia is officially abolished by the Allied Control Council. 1948 - The State of Israel is officially created 1949 - The Soviet Union successfully detonates an atomic weapon 1949 - Communists under Mao assume power in China 1950 - January 31 - President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949 1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea 1953 - Dr. Jonas Salk, University of Pittsburg, announced successful testing of polio vaccine 1953 - July 27 - Korean War ends 1957 - October 4 - USSR launches Sputnik 1 - Space race begins 1958 - NASA formed 1960 - Civil Rights Act of 1960 1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon 1961 - East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 - April 21 - Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens 1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963. 1963 - November 22 - American President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas 1964 - April 22 - World's Fair opens in New York City 1964 - Civil Rights Act of 1964 1965 - Vietnam War - First U.S. ground combat forces arrive in South Vietnam1967 - Death
Name: Grace A. PARKERDate of Death: Sunday, 29 Oct. 1967
Place of Death: Portland, Me.
Age: 89 years
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The Lewiston Daily Sun - Oct 31, 1967
Mrs. Grace Parker
Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Parker were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Fahey funeral home with the Rev. Percy Vernon officiating. Interment was at Gracelawn Memorial Park, Auburn, and the bearers were Dartmouth Robinson, Richard Robinson, Lawrence Robinson Jr., and William Boucher.
Attending from out-of-town were Mrs. Mildred Boucher, East Longmeadow, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Roland M. Robinson, Portsmouth, N.H.; William Boucher, Springfield, Mass.; Mrs. Mary Hayes, Mrs. Philip Frost, and Mrs. Amie Verrill, all of Gray; Lawrence Robinson, Sr., Wilton; Mrs. Henry Judd Jr., Livermore Falls; Lawrence Robinson, Jr., Anson; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Woods, Farmington; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hayes, Veazie; Mrs. Gertrude Chesnel, Mechanic Falls; Mrs. J. W. Cobb and Miss Ann McKinley, both of Minot.
Lewiston Evening Journal, Lewiston, Maine, November 2, 1967
Grace is buried at: Gracelawn Cemetery, Auburn, Maine
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The Lewiston Daily Sun - Oct 31, 1967
Mrs. Grace Parker
Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Parker were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Fahey funeral home with the Rev. Percy Vernon officiating. Interment was at Gracelawn Memorial Park, Auburn, and the bearers were Dartmouth Robinson, Richard Robinson, Lawrence Robinson Jr., and William Boucher.
Attending from out-of-town were Mrs. Mildred Boucher, East Longmeadow, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Roland M. Robinson, Portsmouth, N.H.; William Boucher, Springfield, Mass.; Mrs. Mary Hayes, Mrs. Philip Frost, and Mrs. Amie Verrill, all of Gray; Lawrence Robinson, Sr., Wilton; Mrs. Henry Judd Jr., Livermore Falls; Lawrence Robinson, Jr., Anson; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Woods, Farmington; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hayes, Veazie; Mrs. Gertrude Chesnel, Mechanic Falls; Mrs. J. W. Cobb and Miss Ann McKinley, both of Minot.
Lewiston Evening Journal, Lewiston, Maine, November 2, 1967
Grace is buried at: Gracelawn Cemetery, Auburn, Maine
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