Rufus B. Robertson

Birth Name Rufus B. Robertson [1]
Gramps ID I059
Gender male
Age at Death 65 years, 5 months, 12 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 29 April 1866 Christiansund, Norway Birth of Rufus B. Robertson

[2] [3]
Birth March 1866 Norway Birth of Rufus B. Robertson

[1]
Immigration 1870   Immigration of Bernhardt Robertson

Event Note

Move to the vicinity of Madison Street and Kedzie Avenue which was the heart of the Norwegian community

[1]
Naturalization between 1870 and 1900   Naturalization of Rufus B. Robertson

[1]
Occupation about 1880   Apprenticed to a cabinet maker

[3]
Occupation 1900   Artist posters. Carved wooden printing plates

Event Note

The wooden printing plates were used for circus flyers, etc. Good for 300-500 prints. Rufus was the last person in Chicago who would carve these plates.

[3] [1]
Residence estimated from 1908 to 1923 7556 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Cook, Illinois Residence of Rufus B. Robertson

Event Note

Rufus bought this large home for his family. It eventually became a nursing home and Lillian died there

[3]
Residence about 1923 7450 Colfax, Chicago, Cook, Illinois Residence of Rufus B. Robertson

[3]
Death 11 October 1931 Chicago, Cook, Illinois Death of Rufus B. Robertson

[2]

Parents

Father Bernhardt Robertson [I066]
Mother Sigrid Bjornson [I067]
Siblings
  1. (Daughter 1) Robertson [I0546]
  2. (Daughter 2) Robertson [I0547]
  3. (Daughter 3) Robertson [I0548]

Families

Married Wife Lillian Theresa Fallon [I060]
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage about 1894 Chicago, Cook, Illinois Marriage of Robertson, Rufus B. and Fallon, Lillian T.

[2] [1]
  Children
  1. Edgar Robertson [I061]
  2. Grace Robertson [I062]
  3. Norman Lewis Robertson [I056]

Source References

  1. 1900 US Census Rufus Robertson family [S0247]
  2. Norman Lewis Robertson II, phone interview December 1995 [S0026]
  3. Conversation with Norm Robertson II, 5 September 2008 [S0170]

Pedigree

  1. Bernhardt Robertson
    1. Sigrid Bjornson
      1. Rufus B. Robertson
        1. Lillian Theresa Fallon
          1. Edgar Robertson
          2. Grace Robertson
          3. Norman Lewis Robertson
      2. (Daughter 1) Robertson
      3. (Daughter 2) Robertson
      4. (Daughter 3) Robertson

Ancestors