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Walter Winfield Robison
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Walter Winfield Robison
9/12/1878 - 11/5/1925
(Shown at age 15)
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Walter Winfield Robison was born on September 12, 1878 somewhere in Georgia and died on November 5, 1925 in Wakulla County, Florida. He lived to be 47 years old.
He married Susie Walker
Children :
Curtis Lloyd
Shirley Limuel
Jessie Opheila
Mary Lilly
Herschel
Audrey May
Walter Larry(4/15/1923)
Murrel Lee
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 | Census | 1/1/1900 | Bridge Creek GA (Colquitt County) | 21 yrs old | | 34, 36 - William W. Robinson (age50)
Emmer E. Robinson (44),
Walter Robinson (21),
Josefene Robinson (19),
Mary D. Robinson (14),
Gordon A. Robinson (12),
John A. Robinson (10),
Corban M. Robinson (7) &
sister -Nancy Robinson (55). William and Emmer have been married for 23 years. All were born in GA.
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| Marriage | 10/11/1903 | FL (Wakulla County) | 25 yrs old | | Groom: Walter Robinson, Bride: Susie Walker,
Marriage Date: Oct. 11, 1903,
Marriage Place: Wakulla, Florida,
Film Number: 001902567 |
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| 4 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 5 |
1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
| 6 |
1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
| 28 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 39 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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| 27 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 34 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 36 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 39 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
| 42 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
| 46 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
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| 1 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 11 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 17 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 19 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 22 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 22 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 23 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 24 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 25 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 26 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 28 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 28 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 28 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 34 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 35 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 36 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 45 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 45 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 46 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
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| 4 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 7 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 30 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 34 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 35 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 39 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 41 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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| 31 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 32 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
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| 31 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 36 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 39 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 41 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 42 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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 | Susie Walker
Born on February 4, 1880 and died on October 19, 1962
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