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George Hamilton ROBINETTE

George Hamilton ROBINETTE

Male 1844 - 1914  (69 years)

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  • Name George Hamilton ROBINETTE 
    Buried BELMONT, PLOT 150  Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Born 3 Oct 1844  [3, 4] 
    • Birthplace given in his marriage record as Allegany County, Maryland. But the 1860, 1870 and 1880 censuses show it as (West) Virginia.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military ENLISTED 29 Aug 1864  [5, 6] 
    Co B, 17th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    Occupation 1870  [7, 8] 
    fireman on railroad 
    Census Jun 1870  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Dec 1870  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1880  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1884  Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation railroad locomotive engineer  [1, 9, 10, 11] 
    Occupation 1910  [12] 
    inspector for railroad 
    Residence Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 2 Apr 1914  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I130448  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2021 

    Father Moses Johnson ROBINETTE,   b. 9 Jan 1819, Flintstone, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1903, Montevallo, Vernon Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Jane E. ___,   b. CA 1823, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F57071  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Annie M. BRENNEMAN,   b. 1851, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1882, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1870  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Notes 
    • In the 1870 Census of Grafton Twp, Taylor County, (West) Virginia, Geo. H. Robinett [sic], 25, b. Va, fireman on railroad, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $300, along with three other non-family members, was enumerated in the household of Thomas (54, retired merchant) and Ruth (49) Clayton and their two presumed children, John (29, engineman) and Sarah E. (10).

      1880 Census, Taylor Co, WV (City of Grafton), enumerated on Jun 16 1880:
      George H. Robinett, 35, b. Va. (father b. Md, mother b. D.C.), engineer for railroad; wife Anna M, 28, b. Pa. (both parents b. Pa.), indicated as being "maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled"; dau Ella J, 8, b. WVa; son John H, 4, b. WVa; niece Jennie B. Clayton, 11, b. WVa; sister Alice A. Rexroad, 33, b. Va, married, seamstress; nephew Lander Rexroad, 13, b. Iowa.
    Children 
     1. Ella J. ROBINETTE,   b. 1872, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1944  (Age 72 years)
     2. John Hamilton ROBINETTE,   b. 11 Jul 1876, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1937, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F57054  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ann HANAFEE,   b. 27 Aug 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1930, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 25 Feb 1884  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Notes 
    • In the 1880 Census of Grafton, Taylor Co WV, Mary A. Hanafee, 20, born in Virginia, was listed as servant doing housework in the household of John J. Gilligan (32, b. Ireland, dry goods merchant) and his family. Both of her parents had died two years before. In 1884 Mary Ann married Grafton resident George H. Robinette.

      1900 Census, City of Baltimore, Maryland, enumerated on Jun 7 1900 at 21 E. Hill Street:
      George H. Robinette, 55, b. Oct 1844, locomotive engineer, married 18 yrs; wife Mary A, 37, b. Aug 1862, married 18 yrs, mother of 5 children (all still living); dau Mary, 5, b. Nov 1894; son John H, 13 [sic], b. Jul 1886 [sic]; dau Alice M, 7 [sic], b. Nov 1882 [sic]. All born in Maryland.
      NOTE: There are numerous discrepancies in this enumeration.

      1910 Census, City of Baltimore, Maryland, enumerated on Apr 19 1910 at 21 Hill Street:
      George H. Robinette, 65, b. Md (both parents b. Md), inspector for railroad, married 33 yrs; wife Mary A, 48, b. Ohio (father b. Ohio, mother b. Md),married 33 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Alice M. Sheene, 22, b. Md, married 1 yr, no children; dau Marnie [sic; this is Mary] Robinette, 15, b. Md; son-in-law William E. Sheene, 26, b. Massachusetts (both parents b. Mass.), salesman for manufacturing establishment, married 1 yr.

      1920 Census, City of Baltimore, Maryland, enumerated on Jan 14 1920 at 2417 Lanvall Street:
      William E. Shane, 34, b. Mass., manufacturer of asbestos roofing; wife Alice, 34, b. WVa; son William E. Jr, 5, b. Md; mother-in-law Mary Robinette, 57, b. WVa, widowed.

      1940 Census, City of Baltimore, Maryland, enumerated on Apr 25 1940:
      William Sheene, 54, b. Mass., president of asphalt manufacturer; wife Alice R, 52, b. WVa; son William, 25, b. Md, 4 yrs college, superintendent at asphalt manufacturer.
    Children 
     1. George W. ROBINETTE,   b. 15 Nov 1884, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1898  (Age 13 years)
     2. Alice M. ROBINETTE,   b. CA 1888, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1972, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
    +3. Mary Elizabeth ROBINETTE,   b. 18 Nov 1894, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1943, Newtonville, Middlesex Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Documents
    130448_GeorgeHRobinett_MaryHanafee_MarriageRecord_25Feb1884.jpg    		130448_GeorgeHRobinett_MaryHanafee_MarriageRecord_25Feb1884.jpg
    Family ID F57053  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790447&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2587] U.S. Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)).

    7. [S2299] Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, MR p. 98 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11211669&Type=Marriage.

    8. [S2314] 1870 Census, Taylor County, WV.

    9. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    10. [S2187] 1880 Census, Taylor County, WV.

    11. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    12. [S1813] 1910 Census.

    13. [S2299] Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, MR p. 98 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11211669&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Geo. H. Robinett, 26, b. Virginia [sic], res. Grafton, fireman on railroad, son of M. J. & Jane Robinett; and Annie M. Brenneman, 19, b. Pennsylvania, res. Grafton, dau of H. & Maria Brenneman. Married Dec 22 1870 in Grafton, officiated by J. H. Flanagan.

    14. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790447&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as George H. Robinett [sic], 39, b. Oct 4 1844 in Allegany Co Maryland, res. Taylor Co WVa; and Miss Mary Hanafee, 21, b. Aug 1 [sic] 1862 in Doddridge Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Feb 25 1884 in Salem, officiated by Daniel O'Conner, a Minister of the Catholic Church.
      NOTE: George Robinette's birth date is shown on his headstone as Oct 3 1844. Mary Hanafee Robinette's birth date is shown on her headstone as Aug 24 1862. Although Salem is a town in Harrison County, some nearby areas of Doddridge County are also referred to as Salem. In this case, it is likely that the wedding took place at a Catholic church in Harrison County. However, the license was issued and the marriage recorded in Doddridge County, residence of the bride.