Betsey Olinda Benson Robinson (1861-1939)

Betsey Olinda Benson Robinson

Birth

May 1861

Sumner, Oxford County, Maine, USA

Death

1939 (aged 77–78)

Oxford County, Maine, USA

Burial

Elmwood Cemetery

East Sumner, Oxford County, Maine, USA Add to Map

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Daughter of Abel Stetson Benson and Deborah B. Phillips. Some documents refer to her as "Lizzie" so her birth name was probably Elizabeth. On the grave stone she is "Betsey."

In 1870 she lived in Sumner, Maine, with parents and 7 siblings. Her father was a farmer.

She married Asa A. Robinson on 12 Apr 1879 in Sumner, Maine. They had children:

. George V. Robinson (1879 - 1935)

+ sp: Josephine M. Oldham

+ sp: Addie Hamilton

. Lucius Vaine Robinson, Sr. (1881 - 1969)

+ sp: Gertrude Oldham

. Roscoe V. Robinson (1883 - 1970)

+ sp: Ethel Bessie Bryant

. Alta Belle Robinson (1884 - 1968)

+ sp: Elbridge G. Stimans

. Victor Robinson (1886 - 1974)

+ sp: Addie May Leavitt

+ sp: Clara B. Collins (Gordon)

. Leslie Harrison Robinson (1887 - 1907)

. John Robinson (1889 - 1977)

+ sp: Marion Helen Swan

. Lillian Frances Robinson (1891 - 1970)

+ sp: Quincy Getchell Stimans (divorced)

+ sp: Henry O. Swan

. Perley Clifford Robinson (1893 - 1965)

+ sp: Mary F. Estes

. Valentine Increase Robinson (1896 - 1968)

+ sp: Hazel Elizabeth Mitchell

. Eugene Earl Robinson (1900 - 1975)

+ sp: Dorothy Eloise Davis (divorced)

+ sp: Rosa Mildred Smith

In 1880 she lived in Sumner with husband and son George, next door to her husband's parents. Her husband and his father worked the family farm.

In 1900 she lived in Sumner with husband and 9 children, on their farm. In 1910 she and her husband lived with 8 children and 2 grandchildren.