George Avery Robinson1

#627, (21 January 1878 - May 1965)
FatherCharles Bonnycastle Robinson1 b. 29 Mar 1853, d. 8 Oct 1928
MotherHelen Blasdell Avery1 b. 29 Mar 1855, d. 5 Dec 1943
George Avery Robinson|b. 21 Jan 1878\nd. May 1965|p627.htm|Charles Bonnycastle Robinson|b. 29 Mar 1853\nd. 8 Oct 1928|p620.htm|Helen Blasdell Avery|b. 29 Mar 1855\nd. 5 Dec 1943|p621.htm|William M. Robinson|b. 9 Oct 1826\nd. 26 Nov 1858|p618.htm|Ann M. Bonnycastle|b. 12 Aug 1828\nd. 10 Apr 1918|p617.htm|Benjamin F. Avery|||Susan Look|b. c 1817||
Relationship2nd great-grandson of John Bonnycastle.
CalledGeorge Avery Robinson went by the name of Avery.2 
BirthHe was born on 21 Jan 1878 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.2
 
(with Parents) 1880 CensusGeo A Robinson appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of 309 Broadway South Side, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, with his parents. He was 3 years old and born in Kentucky.1 
EducationHe was educated at Flexner's School in Louisville, then attended Harvard, leaving in his Sophomore year.2 
(with Parents) 1900 CensusAvery G Robinson appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky with his parents. He was 22, born in June 1878 in Kentucky, and was a Woolen Mills account manager.3 
MarriageHe married Mary Grace Chess, daughter of William E Chess and Amelia Carley, on 18 Mar 1907 in Louisville.
According to his obituary, Mary's father was the founder of the Chess-Wyman Company, the largest cooperage manufacturers in the world.
Mr & Mrs Robinson spent four months in France, Italy, Switzerland, and England on their wedding trip.2 
1910 CensusGeorge Avery Robinson and Mary Grace Chess appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Harrod's Creek Precinct, Jefferson County, Kentucky, at River Road, enumerated 29 Apr 1910. Avery Robinson was 32, married for 3 years, born in Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, and works for a cotton mill. Grace was 31, has had one child, still living, was born in Kentucky, father born Indiana, mother Ohio. Their daughter Grace Carley was with them, and they were all in the household of Grace's father William E Chess, a cooper. There were also three maids and a chauffeur.4 
BiographyIn a biography submitted in 1910 for the secretary's report of the class of 1900 Avery wrote, "After leaving college I entered the office of John Bacon Hutchings, architect, and was with him for eighteen months, when I became general manager of the Bluegrass Woolen Mills in this city. I left them in 1904 and formed a partnership with Charles T. Wolfe for the sale of steel products and cordage under the firm name of the Louisville Selling Company. On March 23, 1909, we incorporated the Puritan Cordage Mills, which has been in operation since August, 1909."2 
MilitaryGeorge Avery Robinson was a captain, F.A., A.E.F., in the World War.5 
1920 CensusAvery and Grace C Robinson appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, at 216 East Mission Street, enumerated 16 Jan 1920. Avery was 41, born in Kentucky, and was an employer at a Cooperage Manufactury. Grace was 41, born in Kentucky, father born in Indiana and mother in Ohio. Their daughter Grace Carley was living with them, along with Grace's widowed father William E Chess. They rented their home and had a German cook with them.6 
(Mentioned) ObituaryHe was mentioned in Charles Bonnycastle Robinson's 1928 obituary as son Avery.7 
DeathGeorge died in May 1965.8
 
Research Note Rob Bonnycastle said that a daughter of George Avery Robinson & Mary Grace Chess (perhaps named Anne Bonnycastle) who married Dick Durrance. I have not proved nor disproved this...anyone know? 

Family

Mary Grace Chess b. 27 Dec 1878
Child
Charts5 Generations of Descendants of Charles Bonnycastle (1796-1840)
Last Edited2 Jun 2009

Citations:

  1. 1880 Federal Census for United States, image viewed online (Ancestry, www.ancestry.com), Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Roll T9_423, ED 128, Page 487C.
  2. Harvard College. Class of 1900 ed. Secretary's Third Report, Rockwell & Churchill Press (1910), digitized copy viewed on Google Books, June 2009.
  3. 1900 Federal Census for United States, image viewed online (Ancestry, www.ancestry.com), Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, Roll T623_530, ED 66, Page 18A.
  4. Online image of the 1910 Federal Census for United States (Heritage Quest, www.heritagequest.com), Kentucky, Jefferson County, Harrods Creek, Series T625, Roll 483, page 58.
  5. Frederick A. Virkus, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy (n.p.: n.pub., 1925; reprint 1987), p.802, Robinson history.
  6. 1920 Federal Census for United States, image viewed online (Ancestry, www.ancestry.com), California, Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara, Roll T625_146, ED 99, Page 16B.
  7. Ancestry.com databases, online www.ancestry.com, Historical Newspaper Database. Image from New York Times, 9 Oct 1928.
  8. United States Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, viewed at http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ "Avery Robinson, born 21 Jan 1878, last res NY, issued NY."
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