Roland Martin ROBINSON

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14 January 1906 , Poland, Maine, USA

Died

15 March 1974 , Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA

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James Hosea ROBINSON Grace Agnus COBB

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Born: 14 January 1906 in Poland, Maine, USA

Father: James Hosea ROBINSON

Mother: Grace Agnus COBB

Paternal grandparents: Martin L ROBINSON , Frances Ellen KNOWLTON

Maternal grandparents: Ivory COBB , Harriet VERRILL

Roland Martin was a soldier in World War II.
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Roland Martin married Florence Charlotte KINGSBURY 12 May 1925 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Florence Charlotte KINGSBURY was born 15 December 1901 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA . Florence Charlotte died October 1966 in Massachusetts, USA. Florence Charlotte was the child of Charles Batcheldor KINGSBURY and Elizabeth "Lizzie" LOCKWOOD.

Roland Martin married (2) Arline L HODSDON 23 September 1944 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Arline L HODSDON was born abt. 1906 Arline L died abt. 1945

Roland Martin ROBINSON died 15 March 1974 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA .

NOTE: Jessie Cobb was Roland Robinson's aunt. Jessie died before Roland was born.

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Roland Martin ROBINSON married

Florence Charlotte KINGSBURY
Marriage date: 12 May 1925
Marriage place: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Florence Charlotte KINGSBURY was the child of Charles Batcheldor KINGSBURY and Elizabeth "Lizzie" LOCKWOOD

Marriage notes:

Date: 1925-05-09; Paper: Springfield Republican, Springfield, Massachusetts

Engagement Notice

Date: 1925-05-13; Paper: Springfield Republican

Marriage Notice

Name: Roland Martin Robinson

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 8 May 1925

Event Place: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Event Place (Original): Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Sex: Male

Age: 19

Birth Year (Estimated): 1906

Father's Name: James H

Mother's Name: Grace A Cobb

Spouse's Name: Florence Charlotte Kingsbury

Spouse's Sex: Female

Spouse's Age: 23

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1902

Spouse's Father's Name: Charles B

Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Lockwood

GS Film Number: 000480798

Digital Folder Number: 007719091

Image Number: 00539

Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915

Children of Roland Martin ROBINSON and Florence Charlotte KINGSBURY

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Born: , Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)
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Richard K ROBINSON

Born: 7 January 1932, , Maine, USA
Died: 9 March 1996, , Maine, USA

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Roland Martin ROBINSON married

Arline L HODSDON
Marriage date: 23 September 1944
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Marriage notes:

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

ARLINE L HODSDON - Bride

ROLAND M ROBINSON - Groom Sep 23, 1944 Maine, United States Marriage 0 PORTLAND PORTLAND ME ME

Maine Marriages Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996

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Name of Groom: Roland M. ROBINSON

Groom's Place of Residence: (not given)

Name of Bride: Arline L. ROBINSON

Possible Alternate Name of Bride: Arline L. HODSDON [View alternate record]

Bride's Place of Residence: (not given)

Marriage Date: Saturday, 30 Mar. 1957

Marriage Certificate Number: 1181

name: Roland M Robinson

event: Marriage

residence: ,

event date: 30 Mar 1957

event place: Maine, United States

spouse: Arline L Hodsdon

spouse's residence: ,

certificate number: 1181

"Maine, Marriage Index,1892-1966, 1977-1996," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 23 Nov 2012), Roland M Robinson and Arline L Hodsdon, 1957.

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1906 Birth

Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907
Name: Roland Martin Robinson
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 14 Jan 1906
Event Place: Portland, , Maine
Gender: Male
Age:
estimated Birth Year:
father: James H Robinson
mother: Grace Cobb
Spouse:
spouse's father:
spouse's mother:
Film Number: 10027
dgs number: 4703866
Image Number: 02417

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1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

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

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

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

1920 Lewiston, Maine

Name: Roland M Robinson
Residence: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
estimated Birth Year: 1906
Age: 14
birthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
father's birthPlace: Maine
mother's birthPlace: Maine
Film Number: 1820637
Digital Folder Number: 4300992
Image Number: 00800
sheet number: 1
Household Gender Age
parent Grace Philbrich F 41y
Mildred Robinson F 17y
Roland M Robinson M 14y
Lawrence Robinson M 7y
Mary Philbrich F 4y

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1925 Marriage / Partner
Roland Martin ROBINSON and Florence Charlotte KINGSBURY 12 May 1925, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)

He was 19 years old.

1925 marriage

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1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Name: Roland M Robinson
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
birthPlace: Maine
estimated Birth Year: 1906
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
father's birthPlace: Maine
mother's birthPlace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0086
family number: 80
Sheet Number and Letter: 4A
Line Number: 15
nara publication: T626, roll 911
Film Number: 2340646
Digital Folder Number: 4607008
Image Number: 00418
Household Gender Age
Roland M Robinson M 24
spouse Florence C Robinson F 27
child Barbara A Robinson F 3
Mary E Philbrick F 14

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1932 Birth of Child
Richard K ROBINSON was born 7 January 1932, , Maine, USA

Roland Martin was 25 years old.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Name: Roland Robinson
titles & terms:
event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Ward 6, Springfield, Springfield City, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original):
race (standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthPlace: Maine
estimated Birth Year: 1907
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 22-137
family number: 67
Sheet Number and Letter: 4A
Line Number: 35
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1710
Digital Folder Number: 005461155
Image Number: 00444
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Roland Robinson M 33 Maine
wife Florence Robinson F 28 Massachusetts
daughter Barbara Robinson F 13 Massachusetts
son Richard Robinson M 8 Massachusetts
daughter Florence Robinson F 2 Maine

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1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 Marriage / Partner
Roland Martin ROBINSON and Arline L HODSDON 23 September 1944,

He was 38 years old.

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1966 Death of Spouse/Partner
Florence Charlotte KINGSBURY died October 1966, , Massachusetts, USA

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1969 - Richard M. Nixon becomes President of the United States

1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon

June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.

1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.

1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

Death

Roland Robinson: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record

Name: Roland Robinson
State of Issue: Massachusetts
Date of Birth: Sunday January 14, 1906
Date of Death: February 1974
Est. Age at Death: 68 years, 1 months
Last known Residence:
City: Portsmouth; Newington
County: Rockingham
State: New Hampshire

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