Edmund Buxton Robinson, Civil War 1828 – 1915

Edmund B, Mary & William J Robinson Headstone

Edmund B, Mary & William J Robinson Headstone

 

Ancestry:  Moses Robinson, Jr.;  Moses Robinson

Born: December 1, 1828 in Cushing Me.

  • Father: Moses Robinson, Jr.; (1804 – 1867) (Moses Robinson & Priscilla Hyler)
  • Mother: Rachel Eliza Elwell; (1809 – 1897) (Samuel Elwell & Rachel Bradford)

Died: November 19, 1915 in Cataumet Ma. at 86 yrs, 11 mos, 19 d.

  • Buried: Cataumet Cemetery; area D

Occupation: Fishing, Mariner, Oyster Business

Where Lived: Maine, Wellfleet & Cataumet Ma.

Married: March 30, 1855 in Boston Ma.

  • To: Mary Dunning; (1832 – 1904) (Thomas Dunning & ?); (aka Dunham)

Children: 4

  • 1. William J. Robinson; (Abt.1855 – August 24, 1873); William died at 18 yrs, 1 mo, 5 d.; He was a mariner & unmarried; “Lost at sea from fishing schooner Lizzie D. Barker near Cape Cod, gale of wind”; His name is on his parents’ Headstone in Cataumet Cemetery.
  • 2. Eddie Gould Robinson; (April 4, 1864 – ?); No further information; Eddie & Edmund, Jr. could be the same person.
  • 3. Edmund Buxton Robinson, Jr.; (April 1864 – March 9, 1955); Married Emma J. Dunphy Wright (1880 – 1964) (James Dunphy & Catherine M. Sullivan) in Bourne Ma. on February 25, 1911; Emma married (1) Frederick Alton Wright (1871 – 1906) (Augustus Weston Wright & Anfinet/Nellie Walton Gibbs) in Bourne Ma. on November 15, 1904; Frederick married (1) Edith Evelyn Jones (1873 – 1900) (Stephen M. Jones & Adeline A. Hoxie) in Bourne Ma. on August 19, 1899; Edmund & Emma are buried in Cataumet Cemetery; Frederick is buried in Pocasset Cemetery.
  • 4.George Wiley Robinson; (February 4, 1870 – January 28, 1947); Married Sarah Margaret Daunt (1875 – 1956) Benjamin Daunt & Margaret O’Neil) in North Falmouth Ma. on August 16, 1897; Sarah married (2) Merton Edwin Long (1885 – 1977) (Herbert Augustus Long & Ella Jane Thompson) on December 15, 1948; Merton married (1) Blanche Louise Weeks (1881 – 1947) (Henry William Weeks & Sarah Howe Wing) in Bourne Ma. on December 23, 1908 & married (3) Dorothy May (Alden) Barnes Townsend (1896 – 1991) (William Herbert Alden & Amanda Coombs) in Bourne Ma. on September 4, 1957; Dorothy married (1) George Linwood Barnes (1891 – 1967) (Andrew Willis Barnes & Eliza A. McKinney) in Portland Me. on June 24, 1916 & married (2) (–) Townsend; George & Sarah are buried in Cataumet Cemetery.

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