Francis Everett ROBB

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1 October 1874 , Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA

Died

16 April 1941 , Los Angeles, California, USA

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Isaac Martin ROBB (ROBIDOUX)Clara Slater MATTHEWS

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Born: 1 October 1874 in Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Isaac Martin ROBB (ROBIDOUX)

Mother: Clara Slater MATTHEWS

Maternal grandparents: William Henry MATTHEWS , Catherine SLATER

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Francis Everett married Jennie Ella CRAIG 27 August 1902 in Marlow, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jennie Ella CRAIG was born 25 October 1878 in Acworth, New Hampshire, USA. Jennie Ella died 15 September 1947 in Pasadena, California, USA. Jennie Ella was the child of Rockwell Franklin CRAIG and Lizzie Ardwell BUZWELL.

Francis Everett ROBB died 16 April 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Jennie Ella CRAIG
Marriage date: 27 August 1902
Marriage place: Marlow, New Hampshire, USA
Jennie Ella CRAIG was the child of Rockwell Franklin CRAIG and Lizzie Ardwell BUZWELL

Children of Francis Everett ROBB and Jennie Ella CRAIG

Rockwell Craig ROBB

Born: 6 October 1904, Marlow, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 14 May 1962, Pasadena, California, USA

Evelyn Mae ROBB

Born: 7 December 1909, Marlow, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 27 November 1993, Taylorsville, Plumas, California, USA

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Birth — 1874
1 October 1874
Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA

1874
name: Francis Robb
gender: Male
baptism/ christening date:
baptism/ christening place:
birth date: 01 Oct 1874
birthplace: Lincoln, Rhode Island
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Isaac Robb
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Clara
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: I02138-8
system origin: Rhode Island-EASy
source film number: 1822626
reference number: 176

'Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FZBN-8GS : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Isaac Robb in entry for Francis Robb, 01 Oct 1874; citing reference 176, FHL microfilm 1822626.
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1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Guilford, Windham, Vermont
name: Frank E. Robadeau
event type: Census
event date: 1880
event place: Guilford, Windham, Vermont, United States
gender: Male
age: 5
marital status: Single
occupation: At School
race (original):
ethnicity: American
relationship to head of household: Son
birthplace: Rhode Island, United States
birth date: 1875
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: Isaac Robadeau
father's birthplace: Rhode Island, United States
mother's name: Clarra Robadeau
mother's birthplace: New York, United States
page: 375
page letter: A
entry number: 2377
affiliate film number: T9-1349
gs film number: 1255349
digital folder number: 004244821
image number: 00244
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Isaac Robadeau M 33 New York, United States
wife Clarra Robadeau F 32 New York, United States
son Chas. Henry Robadeau M 12 New York, United States
daughter Lucy M. Robadeau F 10 New York, United States
son Wm. M. Robadeau M 8 New York,...Read full story

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
name: Frank E Robb
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 1807 Boston City Hospital Boston city Ward 12, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
birth date: Sep 1874
birthplace: Rhode Island
relationship to head of household: Employee
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: New York
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Male
marital status: Single
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
page: 8
sheet letter: B
family number: 1
reference number: 65
film number: 1240681
digital folder number: 004114450
image number: 00473
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 Marriage / Partner
Francis Everett ROBB and Jennie Ella CRAIG 27 August 1902, Marlow, New Hampshire, USA

He was 27 years old.

1902
name: Frank E. Robb
titles & terms:
event: Marriage
event date: 27 Aug 1902
event place: Marlow, , New Hampshire
age: 27
marital status:
race:
birthplace:
estimated birth year: 1875
father: Isaac Robb
father's titles & terms:
mother: Clara Matthews
mother's titles & terms:
spouse: Jennie E. Craig
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's age: 23
spouse's marital status:
spouse's race:
spouse's birthplace:
spouse's estimated birth year: 1879
spouse's father: Rockwell F. Craig
spouse's father's titles & terms:
spouse's mother: Lizzie Buswell
spouse's mother's titles & terms:
clerk's locality:
reference number:
film number: 2069977
digital folder number: 4245728
image number: 2729

'New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FLZ6-GGC : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Isaac Robb in entry for Frank E. Robb and Jennie E. Craig and null, 1902.
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1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1904 Birth of Child
Rockwell Craig ROBB was born 6 October 1904, Marlow, New Hampshire, USA

Francis Everett was 30 years old.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

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

1909 Birth of Child
Evelyn Mae ROBB was born 7 December 1909, Marlow, New Hampshire, USA

Francis Everett was 35 years old.

1912
Vermont Phoenix
Brattleboro, Vermont
April 19, 1912

Isaac Robb went to Boston Saturday to spend a few days with his sons. Dr. William Robb and Frank Robb. The latter, who is a trained nurse, has had the care of a private patient the last seven years. Mrs. C. V. Grant accompanied her father on this trip. Mr. Robb returned Wednesday driving a team which he bought while away.

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 World War I Draft Registration
name: Frank Everett Robb
event: Draft Registration
registration date year range: 1917-1918
event place: Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States
gender: Male
birth date: 30 Sep 1874
birthplace: , , United States
country of citizenship: United States
nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
nara publication number: M1509
film number: 1711717
digital folder number: 005217826
image number: 00156

'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KZJ3-W9R : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Frank Everett Robb, .
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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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 - 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

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 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Pasadena, Los Angeles, California
name: Frank E Robb
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California
gender: Male
age: 55
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Rhode Island
estimated birth year: 1875
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: New York
enumeration district number: 1209
family number: 274
sheet number and letter: 9A
line number: 5
nara publication: T626, roll 168
film number: 2339903
digital folder number: 4531815
image number: 00367
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Frank E Robb M 55 Rhode Island
wife Jennie C Robb F 50 New Hampshire
son Rockwell C Robb M 26 New Hampshire
daughter Evelyn M Robb F 20 New Hampshire
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

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 Pasadena, Los Angeles, California
name: Frank E Robb
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Tract 419, Pasadena, Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States
gender: Male
age: 65
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Nurse
birthplace: Rhode Island
estimated birth year: 1875
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 19-452
family number: 332
sheet number and letter: 62B
line number: 68
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 240
digital folder number: 005456305
image number: 00756
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Albert L Wayne M 64 Illinois
nurse Frank E Robb M 65 Rhode Island
housekeeper Jenny E Robb F 61 New Hampshire
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Death
name: Frank Everett Robb
event: Death
event date: 16 Apr 1941
event place: Los Angeles, California, United States
birth date: 30 Sep 1874
birthplace: Rhode Island
gender: Male
father: Robb
mother:

'California, Death Index, 1940-1997,' index, FamilySearch.org
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