Brief Life History of Willa Mae
When Willa Mae Robinson was born on 8 March 1916, in Cairo, Grady, Georgia, United States, her father, Jerry Robinson, was 27 and her mother, Mallie McGriff, was 26. She married James Colbert on 12 May 1935, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died on 15 June 1997, in Orange, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Willa M Walker, "United States 1950 Census"
- Willa Mae Colbert, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Willa Mae Walker, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote
The 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was passed and became federal law on August 26, 1920. Georgia law prevented women from voting until 1922. The amendment wasn’t officially ratified until 1970.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .
West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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