Saturday, February 05, 2022
Vermont and the Underground Railroad, Quaker Advocates Against Slavery But For BDS Against Israel
Nadene Goldfoot
If you’re a black person and you’re living in Vermont in the 1790s, you could own property, you could take a white person to court, but at the very same time, you could be kidnapped or re-enslaved.”
Professor Harvey Amani Whitfield of U. of Vermont wrote a book about this, called The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont, 1777-1810. It came out in 2014. During a VPR interview he did in January of that year, Amani said that even though abolition was enshrined in Vermont’s constitution, “it wasn’t enforced. Owners of slaves just sort of subverted it, ignored it.”
Plus, there was a loophole that allowed people to continue to enslave children. Amani found examples of this kind of stuff all the way up to 1810. So that’s one thing: Slavery had a foothold here. Another thing to know is that Vermonters had complicated views about all this. Here’s Vermont historian Ray Zirblis:
“Lots of people, I think, of good will in the antebellum period are on the fence. Slavery is reprehensible, but the destruction of the union would be a terrible outcome. So people we would consider, they would say, ‘gentlemen of property and standing,’ upstanding members of the community, are very often on the side of a more temperant middle ground.”
This is not my family of Robinsons but another from England who settled in Rhode Island and were Quakers, They trace back to Rowland Robinson b: 1754 from Cumberland, England. They came close to mine, living in Ferrisburgh, Addison, Vermont.
Jane Williamson, the director of Rokeby Museum of Ferrisburgh, Addison, Vermont in Shelburne of the Shelburne Museum tells that Rokeby was the home and sheep farm of the Robinson family, who were Quakers. Shelburne Museum is a museum of art, design, and Americana located in Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont, United States. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in 39 exhibition buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the museum grounds. It is located on 45 acres (18 ha) near Lake Champlain.
Thomas Robinson, a Newport Quaker merchant, was a key advocate for abolition of slavery both within and outside of the Society of Friends from the 1770s. As a young man starting out in business in the 1750s, however, Robinson sent a number of ships to Africa to procure slaves for sale in the West Indies, stopping the practice just as the Quaker community came to prohibit the trade among its members. Robinson’s father, Deputy Governor William Robinson, owned a large slave-worked plantation in South County. Robinson’s father-in-law, colony Treasurer and Newport merchant Thomas Richardson, also held slaves, and served as Presiding Clerk of New England Yearly Meeting of Friends from 1729 to 1760.
Robinson’s shift from slave-trader to abolitionist provides a lens for looking at how and why the Quaker community, after tolerating slave-holding and even slave-trading among its members for 100 years, came to view slave-trading and slave-owning as contrary to their Christian testimony. The talk about it was held on March 9, 2011 saying that it would draw on the extensive Robinson and Richardson family papers held by the Newport Historical Society, as well as Quaker meeting records, probate documents, and genealogical materials.
Four generations of the family lived on this property; one of those generations featured a husband and wife named Rowland and Rachel. They were abolitionists, and they sheltered or aided dozens of fugitive slaves here on the farm in the 1830s and ‘40s. Descendants of ROLAND Thomas and Rachel Robinson, Quakers
1 ROLAND Thomas Robinson b: September 21, 1796 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont d: August 25, 1879 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont Age at death: 82
. +Rachel b: October 01, 1799 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d: February 03, 1862 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont Age at death: 62
.. 2 Thomas Richardson Robinson b: 1822 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont d: October 24, 1854 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont Age at death: 32 est.
...... +Charlotte Satterley b: in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont d: in Agawam, Massachusetts
....... 3 William Gilpin Robinson b: November 28, 1850 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont d: March 01, 1905 in East Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Age at death: 54
.. 2 George Gilpin Robinson b: March 05, 1825 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont d: November 03, 1894 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont Age at death: 69
.. 2 Anne Henry Minturn Robinson b: March 04, 1827 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont d: May 08, 1917 in shoreham, Addison, Vermont Age at death: 90
...... +Lloyd Minturn
....... 3 Rowland R. Minturn b: 1848 in New York d: April 07, 1898 in Green Bay, Wisconsin Age at death: 50 est.
.......... +Charlotte Birgitt b: 1858 in Ohio
.. 2 Rowland Evans Robinson b: May 1833 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont d: October 15, 1900 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont Age at death: 67 est.
...... +Anna Stevens b: August 25, 1841 in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont d: August 02, 1925 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont Age at death: 83
....... 3 Rachel Robinson b: July 28, 1878 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont d: February 12, 1919 in Manhattan, New York Age at death: 40
.......... +Robert France Elmer b: July 30, 1871 in New York d: November 16, 1936 in Bronx, New York m: October 17, 1911 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont Age at death: 65 m: October 17, 1911 in Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont
....... 3 Rowland Thomas Robinson b: 1882
....... 3 Mary Robinson b: 1884
Rokeby’s connection to the Underground Railroad is so legit that the museum is a National Historic Landmark. But Jane says that people come here looking for a different story than the one the museum actually tells.
“The lantern in the window, the hidden room, the loose floorboard,” Jane says. She adds that people are kind of obsessed with hiding places — like in Brandon — because there’s this popular image of slave-catchers prowling around the countryside, looking for fugitives. But there’s no evidence that that happened in Vermont. We’re too far north.
The Quaker movement to help the Blacks was a wonderful move. Today, their zeal has gone into helping the Palestinians in the BDS movement which is against Jews and Israel. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is a Palestinian-led movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel. This goes against helping a worthwhile cause by aiding and abetting their enemy, Hamas Terrorists, who lead the Palestinians in Gaza.
Caption: BDS supporters hold a protest against Israel in South Africa's Gauteng province recently
(photo credit: BDS SOUTH AFRICA)
Quaker support for BDS is long standing and deeply founded in the denomination’s history. Since the 1960s, we have seen the growth of “scholar warriors” who have given up the ideal of impartial scholarship for activism. As Quakerism is about doing rather than praying, their institutions created mission-oriented avenues that are today chiefly focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
And when it comes to Jews, the Quakers increasingly share the supersessionist theology of some American Protestant denominations, a theological justification for deemphasizing the Jewish connection to the Holy Land and deriding the Jews as a people forsaken by God.
Zionism presented a direct challenge to supersessionist theology, and many Protestant missionary and aid groups in the Middle East opposed the movement and supported Arab nationalism.
The Quakers, for the most part, stayed neutral on the subject, although Quaker institutions in Palestine itself and individual Palestinian Quakers became leading advocates of Arab nationalism and fervent anti-Zionists. 
The Muslims decided in 1967, after their attempt to wipe out Israel in their 3rd war against Israel and losing, to never have peace with this small Jewish state. The 1967 Arab League summit was held on August 29 in Khartoum as the fourth Arab League Summit in the aftermath of the Arab defeat by Israel in the Six-Day War, and is famous for its Khartoum Resolution known as "The Three No's"; No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with Israel.
The Abraham peace accords are changing that with over 4 countries signing on and being at peace, joining Egypt and Jordan as well as planning programs together. The BDS movement and the Quakers have not succeeded in driving Israel into the sea.
Resource:
https://wwwrobinsongenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/10/it-was-said-that-most-of-rhode-island.html
https://rokeby.org/about/the-robinson-family/
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/quaker-activists-584222
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Arab_League_summit#:~:text=The%201967%20Arab%20League%20summit,Israel%2C%20no%20negotiations%20with%20Israel.
Labels: Abraham accords, BDS, blacks, Ferrisburg, Jews, Quakers, Rokeby Museum, Rowland and Rachel Robinson, slavery, Thomas Robinson, Underground Railroad, Vermont
Saturday, August 03, 2019
My Amazing North American United States of America
Nadene Goldfoot
I'm inspired. Young people are questioning that state of affairs that has shaped America and why we have done the things that have happened and yet feel such pride in this country. We have Europe and Russia in awe. Russia, it seems, wants to have our power but not our Democracy; that's what they'd like to destroy, and our young people, not studying their history, think socialism is the way to go, that they are entitled to everything, that America can provide everything for nothing in return for tax money from the workers. This is not a honey-bee society divided into the drones, the workers, and the queen bee; sorry.
Why do we have such a powerful awesome country? Have you ever looked at the map to see 50 states belonging to one union and not be the USSR? It's the USA! United States of America!
It's one huge continent that half is unified under one government, and that's a huge accomplishment. Therein lies our power! To manage this miracle, our presidents from Jefferson on had to be inspired and forward thinkers, for they had endured a lot of criticism in getting this achievement accomplished.
Israel lost their power when Israel broke in half with the tribe of Judah and Benjamin in the south and the 10 other tribes in the north, each having their separate government. The American Civil War almost caused the same thing to happen, and this weakens the power of the unified whole.
Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547.
He was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father Henry VII. Henry is best known for his six marriages, in particular his efforts to have his first marriage annulled.
In the beginning, England ruled their people's religion and had taken away Catholicism and replaced it with Episcopalians. It was Henry VIII who caused this. A group of stubborn believers in their own ideas of religion moved out to Holland and an enterprising Reverend John Robinson led his people in religion. The group noticed their children were speaking Dutch, and they were not communicating well, so John got them to board the Mayflower and they came over in 1620 and landed in a storm out of the way of their planned docking, in what was to become Massachusetts.
Descendanats of JOHN (Rev.) Robinson
1. JOHN (Rev.) Robinson b: Bet.1575-`576 in Sturton, Nottinghamshire, or
Lincolnshire, England d: Februrary 19, 1624/25 in Leyden, Holland...
+ Bridget White b: 1579 in Sturton, Nottingham;shire, England d: 1643 in
Massachusetts.
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| Pilgrims settled in New England, and many were Robinsons. Ours probably came from the Stuart line of Robinsons in Scotland, but English-speaking John Robinson, Reverend in Holland sent his son Isaac on a later ship to America: |
The American Revolutionary 1776 Soldiers
England had already sent a colony of people to the South earlier who were in business of cultivating cotton, tobacco, etc.
"Their voyage took about two months, and the passengers enjoyed a happier experience than most trans-Atlantic trips. One death was suffered and one child was born. The child was named OCEANUS after the watery depths beneath them." Today you'd think you were in a space ship out to land on Mars.
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| The Mayflower during its trans-Atlantic voyage of September 6 – November 9, 1620, the majority of them becoming the settlers of Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts. Of the passengers, 37 were members of the Leiden Separatist congregation seeking to create a foundation of Christianity according to their own theology in the New World. The Mayflower launched with 102 passengers — 74 male and 28 female — and a crew headed by Master Christopher Jones. About half of these emigrants died in the first winter. Many Americans can trace their ancestry back to one or more of these individuals who, 'Saints' and 'Strangers' together, would become known as the Pilgrims. |
Half of those who boarded this tiny sailing vessel who rode the ocean that was so unknown to people, died within the year after making a landing. They were so young and full of hope. While still boarded, they put their heads together and wrote THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT.
"The Mayflower Compact is best described as an agreement signed by the male settlers aboard the Mayflower to accept whatever form of government they established when they landed at Cape Cod in Massachusetts. According to History.com, it was the first written outline of government in what later became the United States."
The 102 men, women and children aboard the Mayflower included both Pilgrims and non-Puritans such as Miles Standish and John Alden. Originally heading for Virginia, they were blown off course by a storm and ended up in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, which was outside the jurisdiction of existing chartered companies, in November 1620. They named the new land Plymouth after the harbor in England from which they left. Since they were independent, they created their own government under the Mayflower Compact. It was not exactly voluntary, as before male colonists went ashore, they had to sign the agreement. The Mayflower Compact remained valid until 1686 when the Plymouth colony became part of the Dominion of New England. In 1691, this became part of the larger Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Soon we had not only England wanting land in this new land but the French, Spanish, and even the Russians. We bought Alaska from the Russians, the Louisiana Territory from the French, and managed to eventually take land from Spanish holdings of New Mexico, Texas, California and Arizona, etc. In the Oregon Country we almost lost all to Canada, a French and English holding.
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| Our Constitution: We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union- establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. |
To think that this land may have been divvied up like a quilt to all these countries instead of what it is is amazing. To do it, the Native American bit the dust. They had lost this land because they themselves were not at the same level that we were. It was like the Romans attacking Israel before 70 CE; when they occupied the land and one step leads to another; then they took it forcefully.
The Native Americans, or Indians as we called them, as Columbus thought he had landed in India and instead had come up on islands outside of the Americas and called the inhabitants Indians. There he found a people at the level of the hunters and gatherers who had created their own civilization. They lived in the lap of the Garden of Eden, in a way, with food for their picking and hunting. They lived in clans, and the eastern board of America had people with a higher level of sophistication, creating government. It seems that crossing the Bering Straights was not done at one time but had people crossing over the generations from various parts of Asia. Most all bore the haplogroup, however, of today's modern science tag of Q, even the South American native people. The origins seem to be from Siberia, Mongolia and parts of Turkey some 24,000 years ago. They had no reasons to change their habits, until their Garden of Eden was invaded by the outside; Europeans.
I'm afraid that the Europeans-turned Americans were not at a very high level, either at this time from 1620 to about 1920. They had no heart with their replacement theory of eliminating the native people with themselves. Even their own religion did not touch the hearts of their army. They saw these strange people as sub-humans, probably much like homo-sapiens viewed Neanderthals, since we don't have any Neanderthals in society today, or do we? We've mingled our blood lines with both, overpowering them in the act. Today many Native Americans live on a sub-level compared to their white counterparts in the large cities in an alcoholic stupor, for we find their intolerance to alcohol after thousands of years of not having any in their culture. That's what we have done to so many proud people. Yes, they have suffered at our expense. Oh
yes, the English had brought over their spirits since they dared not drink water-
probably contaminated.
Our Constitution was written by gifted men. I don't believe they even realized the depth of their writings but do believe they were "in the zone of creativity" when they put their minds to work on the perfect creation of a democratic society. Wasn't it Jefferson who wrote of all men being created equal yet kept his own slaves? This shows the depth of the practice of having slaves since Greek and Roman days. England's rulers always had people waiting on them, slaves or less who were owned by the rulers. Their minds could not fathom a world without slavery, yet England did so before the USA in freeing their Blacks. I remember that I could not imagine a TV set, as I was born in the days of the radio only, and a simple phonograph. It's hard to break the mold and imagine something so different, yet when you do, it makes room and encourages more imaginative thoughts.
Like Israel, the USA is made up of people from all over the world who are freedom loving and have respect for our laws and our government. They have given up their connection to any other government and their wishes, giving themselves to the care of the USA. Some of us today are even allowed to have dual citizenship as I do with the USA where I was born and to Israel, my father's ancestral homeland. There's no problem with this as the 2 countries share the same belief systems of government if not religion. I like the fact that Christianity is piggy-backed with Judaism, though, and has much in common, both compatible with Democracy.
The USA was founded and nourished with the blood of Christians from 1620 on, and maintains their government on a Christian calendar of religious events, with the Sabbath on Sunday, celebrating the holidays of Easter, Halloween and Christmas. It has made room to accommodate other religions as well, to a degree, though I never did experience freedom in asking for a day off for Yom Kippur as a teacher. I tried so hard to beat the hunters who had first choice-as this came at the same time as the "hunting season." Yes, it is a Christian country with a lot of other religions in it. They founded the country and they are sharing it with us. I can own a home and can get education in my choice of a profession.
Anti-Semitism was running rampid in the 20's bringing in the same value system as Europe towards Jews, but has improved by the middle 1950s, though it's back again, but not to the level that Sweden or England is now seeing.
Coming from a Jewish father and a blue-blooded Yankee's daughter of Vermont, I've been able to trace my Robinson roots back to a ship after the Mayflower, though not sure which one. I've read our history and see that we have had ancestors in the Revolutionary War, Battle of 1812, Civil War, WWI and WWII from the Robinson side. We've had people fight for the right to live here. It was a haven for my father's parents who came over from Eastern Europe as illiterate peasants that have produced 2 PhDs, master's, and plenty of college graduates, all making a living. The genes were in place, the freedom had not been for them until landing in the USA, a people kept uneducated in Lithuania. My Robinsons haven't done badly, either; also enjoying many teachers out of our family. Now I see a Robinson Tower of glass in Singapore, no doubt an English Robinson there somehow. We do have the Robinson Gate in Jerusalem, though, most likely not our Robinson, but you never know, an Edward Robinson. I've even discovered I'm related to Jewish Robinsons of eastern European heritage, the name originally being slightly different.
To me, no socialism or give a-ways to people physically fit has been in the USA and should not seep in. People, including myself, do not appreciate anything they haven't had to work for. By the sweat of our brow we love what we have earned. It's true. It's psychological. We put more effort into something when we have to pay for it ourselves. They can work-sing for their supper. The people that have my heart are the Native Americans. We could and should start a program now doing everything in our power to improve their destiny and give them the training and education they would like to have. If we have the brains for an occupation, then it should not be out of our reach, either. But it shouldn't be given out like lollipops from a doctor after a visit. Even in the Torah, The poor or the sick and disabled could have a relative pick the gleanings after harvest-do the work of getting it, and wheat was free for them after working for it. In that way they were able to keep their self respect.
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| Cherokee Indian |
Hawaii has a Polynesian Cultural Center. Our native Americans need the same thing. I would love to spend a day going through it. We need to recharge this group of people in every state, as every state was home to certain tribes. I spent some time in Montana with the Native American children and saw the difference when they were learning of their own Indian lore from an Indian counselor-teacher. I was intrigued and about to assert my case of being tribal-Goldfoot-not of the Blackfoot tribe, however. They all need to have this experience, not just the ones assigned to a Rehab center-the last outpost for them before prison. I'll share something with my readers; the higher your education is, the more you see the relevance of what is being taught to these youngsters of their Indian heritage. It's so important. It's fascinating!
Summing it all up, the USA, only 243 years old with a birthday July 4, 1776, is a very young and vibrant country that is larger than any other expect maybe Russia and China who are much older and Communistic. It has made its share of mistakes, but keeps on trying to correct them. Thank goodness we're back to not being afraid to show our love for our country. We need to continue our energy as it was in our beginnings; proud to have such a land full of dedicated people. The area of all 50 states is 3,794,083 sq. miles. Russia is 6.6 million sq. miles. According to the Britannica Encyclopedia, the area of China is 3,696,100 square miles.
Summing it all up, the USA, only 243 years old with a birthday July 4, 1776, is a very young and vibrant country that is larger than any other expect maybe Russia and China who are much older and Communistic. It has made its share of mistakes, but keeps on trying to correct them. Thank goodness we're back to not being afraid to show our love for our country. We need to continue our energy as it was in our beginnings; proud to have such a land full of dedicated people. The area of all 50 states is 3,794,083 sq. miles. Russia is 6.6 million sq. miles. According to the Britannica Encyclopedia, the area of China is 3,696,100 square miles.
Labels: 50 states, Christian, compact, Constitution, Democracy, history, Mayflower, Native Americans, Pilgrims, religion, Reverend John Robinson, Sabbath, slavery, union
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Who Else Moved to Canada From Vermont with the Abiathar Smith Robinsons?
Nadene Goldfoot
Abiathar and Julia Ann Robinson went to Canada from Royalton and Tunbridge, Vermont because their 3rd child, Nellie Elizabeth Robinson born in October of 1857, was born in Upper Canada, which was English. "The American Revolution attracted British loyalists from America to the region around Sherbrooke, a manufacturing center, who began to covet the land and obtain government grants."
The Civil War would take place starting on April 12, 1861 with the Confederates attaching Fort Sumpter in South Carolina shortly after President Abe Lincoln's inauguration. Was this the reason that the Robinsons left Vermont for Canada across the way? Did they suspect it would happen? Why did they leave Vermont for an even colder climate?
There was the Underground Railroad. "It was formed in the late 1700s, and reached its height between 1850 and 1860. One estimate suggests that by 1850, 100,000 slaves had escaped via the "Railroad."
1 [4] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/ Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
. +Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
.... 2 [1] Edward "Rix" Robinson b: November 1852 in Vermont d: 1922 in Illinois
........ +Jenette Charlotte Nettie Anette Jenson b: 1835 in Pennsylvania d: in Illinois
.... *2nd Wife of [1] Edward "Rix" Robinson:
........ +Nora E. Gunning Stull b: 1856 in Indiana
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.... 2 Edgar Clyde Clayton Robinson b: 1855 in Vermont d: April 17, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
........ +Mary Elizabeth Acuff b: April 22, 1859 in Geneseo, Henry, Illinois d: July 14, 1935 in Cambridge, Henry, Illinois
1856 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: James Buchanan and John Breckenridge are elected president and vice president (Democratic Party).
March 6, 1857: The Dred Scott Decision was announced by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision, which asserted that African Americans could not be American citizens, inflamed the debate over slavery
.... 2 [2] Nellie Elizabeth Robinson b: October 1857 in Upper Canada (Eng.) d: December 28, 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska, Douglas County
........ +Daniel C. McCullom McCollem b: August 15, 1857 in prob. Magnolia, Putnam, Illinois d: March 07, 1891 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, age 36
.... *2nd Husband of [2] Nellie Elizabeth Robinson:
........ +Alexander Charles "Campbell" Sillik b: July 17, 1855 in Richland, Ohio/Livingston, Madison, Illinois d: July 07, 1923 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
March 4, 1861: Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the president(Republican Party) of the United States.
.... 2 Emma "Hattie" Robinson b: August 1861 in Canada d: December 29, 1930 in Streater, La Salle, Illinois
........ +George D. Miller b: September 23, 1855 in Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois d: July 02, 1924 in prob. Wenona, Illinois
October 3, 1863: President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring a Day of Thanksgiving to he observed on the last Thursday in November.
.... 2 JOHN C. Robinson b: April 21, 1864 in Montreal, Canada (Eng). d: June 05, 1923 in La Salle, Illinois
........ +Hermia Howell b: August 09, 1863 in Dana, LaSalle, Illinois d: October 27, 1936 in La Salle, La Salle, Illinois
.... 2 Julia Robinson b: 1865 in Vermont d: 1903
.... 2 WILLIAM S. Robinson b: June 1867 in prob. Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois d: April 19, 1935 in Peoria/ LaSalle, Illinois
........ +Carrie A. Monninger b: February 05, 1867 in Dana, LaSalle, Illinois d: December 14, 1943 in Davenport, Iowa
.... 2 [3] FRANK Hugh Robinson b: June 21, 1870 in Wenona,Marshall County, Illinois d: May 27, 1952 in Hillsboro,Washington County, Oregon, age 81
........ +Alice Mitchell b: January 1877 in South Dakota d: 1902 in Iowa/Nebraska
.... *2nd Wife of [3] FRANK Hugh Robinson:
........ +Gustafva"Augusta" Johansson Gustafson b: January 31, 1870 in (Village) Lumsheden, Svardsjo parish, Kopparbergs lan (county)Dalarna Province, Sweden d: April 19, 1955 in Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon, age 85
.... 2 MINNIE J. Robinson b: November 1875 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois d: 1923 in Illinois
........ +Louis Sherman Cusac b: January 20, 1866 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois, d: October 05, 1944 in Limestone Twp., Peoria County, Illinois
.... 2 ARTHUR Roy Robinson b: May 30, 1880 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois d: April 17, 1927 in Peoria, LaSalle, Illinois, Peoria County Hospital
........ +Minnie Mae "Ross"Smith b: June 22, 1885 in Varna, Marshall, Illinois d: February 07, 1974 in Chillicothe, Peoria, LaSalle, Illinois
*2nd Wife of [4] Abiathar Smith Robinson:
. +Mary Jane Deffenbaugh Walters b: November 27, 1832 in Hocking County, Ohio d: July 05, 1918 in Streator, Illinois, age 85
Emma Robinson was then born in August of 1861 while in Canada.
John C. Robinson was born on April 21, 1864 in Montreal, Canada, the English section.
The Civil War was soon over on May 9, 1865, though the last shot was fired a month later on June 22nd.
I found that Julia Robinson was born in 1865 in Vermont, though she wasn't on the 1870 or 1880 census. I found a death date of 1903 for her. Was she a part of this family? I think her name has been added incorrectly.
William S. Robinson was then born in June of 1867 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois, where Abiathar and Julia Ann remained and where they were buried.
Julia Ann's brother, Albert Clark Tullar b: February, 1843 in Royalton, Vermont, had lived next door to each other on the August 11, 1870 census in Wenona, Illinois. Albert was a Reverend. Albert's first son, Byron Monroe Tullar, was born in Canada, the English part on June 21, 1860. (Albert lived next door to Abiatha Smith Robinson and his sister Julia Ann at age 27 on the 1870 census. He was a brick mason.
At the time he was married to Martha, and had three children; Fred, Frank and Wesesoror. He had a 10 year old boy living with him born in Canada that I cannot read the name of. It looks like Munsos (Munroe) and he was white. This boy is his first son Byron going by his middle name.) Albert's 3rd son was born in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois, so the brother in laws were staying pretty close. Did they go to Canada together? That 2nd son was born in nearby New York. People seemed to move around as much as we often do.
1 [3] Alonzo Charles Tuller b: October 22, 1809 in St. Albans, Vermont (Franklin County) d: January 29, 1870 in Rockwell, LaSalle, Illinois
.. +Asenith Asinith Durkee b: 1814 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: 1868 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont/Rockwell, Illinois
. 2 Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
..... +Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/ Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
. 2 Samuel Tullar b: February 1840 in Tunbridge, Vermont d: Aft. 1900 in prob. Worcester City, Worcester County, Massachusetts
..... +Maria Keef b: December 25, 1837 in Shefford, Quebec , Canada d: Aft. 1900 in prob. Worcester City, Worcester County, Massachusetts
. 2 Edwin Tullar b: April 1840 in Royalton, Vermont d: May 04, 1907 in Fort Dodge, Iowa
..... +Jane Ann McLean b: November 1835 in Vermont/Shefford, Quebec, Eastern Canada d: September 09, 1915 in Quimby, Iowa
. 2 Albert Abner Clark Tullar, Reverend b: February 1843 in Royalton, Vermont d: 1895 in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa
..... +Martha M. Lathrop b: 1841 in Franklin County, Franklin, New York d: Aft. 1910 in Iowa ?
. 2 Olive Tullar b: 1846 in Royalton, Vermont
..... +Calvin Jones b: Abt. 1846
. 2 [1] Alonzo Julius Tullar b: July 1849 in Royalton, Vermont d: September 30, 1933 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa, age 84
..... +Jane Unknown b: Abt. 1849
. *2nd Wife of [1] Alonzo Julius Tullar:
..... +Anna Jane Dignum b: May 1847 in Detroit, Michigan d: May 07, 1932 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa
. 2 Meleca Tuller b: 1851 in prob. Vermont, United States
. 2 [2] Charles Clarence Tuller b: January 11, 1858 in Canada d: April 28, 1931 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
..... +E Unknown b: 1862 in Illinois d: Aft. 1880 in Fort Dodge, Iowa
. *2nd Wife of [2] Charles Clarence Tuller:
..... +Mary Eileen Ritchie b: May 1862 in Iowa/Cook county, Illinois, d: Bef. 1930
. *3rd Wife of [2] Charles Clarence Tuller:
..... +Anna B. Robeson b: June 26, 1865 in Aledo, Illinois d: July 02, 1942 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
. 2 Amanda Tuller b: 1860 in Vermont d: 1960
. 2 [4] Itti Tuller b: 1860 in Canada
*2nd Wife of [3] Alonzo Charles Tuller:
.. +Betty Ann Unknown b: Abt. 1816 in United States
. 2 [4] Itti Tuller b: 1860 in Canada
It's quite possible it was a family venture. Albert's father, Alonzo Tullar b: October 1809 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont, was on the 1861 census in Shefford Township, Shefford Co, Quebec. It's located in Southern Quebec. He later died in 1870 in Rockwell, LaSalle, Illinois, quite close to Wenona, Illinois.
Today, the native language found in Shefford, Quebec is:
Albert's brother, Samuel Tullar,born February 1840 in Tunbridge, Vermont, was also on the 1861 and 1881 census in Shefford, Quebec, Canada.
Another brother, Edwin Tullar b: April 1840 in Royalton, Vermont, was on the 1861 census.
Brother Alonzo Julius Tullar b: July 1849 in Royalton, Vemont was on the 1861 census
Young brother Charles Clarence Tullar was born in Canada in 1858, so the family must have arrived a little sooner, and of course he was also on the Quebec 1861 census with the others.
The 4 girls of the family were not listed. Girls marry, and are hard to track. I'm at a loss with Olive b: 1846, Meleca b: 1851, and Amanda and Iti born 1860. I'm presuming the twins were born in Canada.
There were many places that people could cross the border between Canada and the USA. Royalton was right across from Canada, almost. Lacolis, Quebec is listed as #31.
The Civil War was over by May 9, 1865. The family moved back to the States and was found on the 1870 census in Illinois and with the Tullars, in Iowa, but not in Vermont.
Julia's parents and siblings went to Canada about the same time she and her husband, Abiathar Smith Robinson, moved to Canada as well. She became pregnant immediately after marrying in February 1852 in Tunbridge, and then had another child in 1855 in Vermont, so must have had 2 boys, Edward and Edgar with them when they moved to Canada. I've never found evidence of these boys being in Canada, however. They must have not been on the 1861 census. Now, where could the 9 year old and 6 year old be?
Resource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conestoga_wagon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad
https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/LibertyParty.pdf
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vttttp/windsor/oldfamiliesroyalton.htm
https://archive.org/stream/historyofroyalto02love/historyofroyalto02love_djvu.txt I checked this book out of the library and used it heavily. It's a book on reserve, very special.
Update 10/25/17 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbrooke
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| Conestoga Wagon handling 6 tons |
Abiathar and Julia Ann Robinson went to Canada from Royalton and Tunbridge, Vermont because their 3rd child, Nellie Elizabeth Robinson born in October of 1857, was born in Upper Canada, which was English. "The American Revolution attracted British loyalists from America to the region around Sherbrooke, a manufacturing center, who began to covet the land and obtain government grants."
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| The distance between Royalton, Vermont and Montreal, Canada is 261.9 km or 162 miles Today it would take us 2 hours and 46 minute on I-89S. Abiathar and Julia would have traveled by Conestoga Wagon, as pictured above. It could carry 6 tons of themselves and their possessions. " In Canada, the Conestoga wagons were used by Pennsylvania German migrants who left the United States for Southern Ontario, Canada. |
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| This truck only handles 2 tons |
British North America (present-day Canada), where slavery was prohibited, was a popular destination, as its long border gave many points of access. Most former slaves settled in Ontario. More than 30,000 people were said to have escaped there via the network during its 20-year peak period, although U.S. Census figures account for only 6,000. Numerous fugitives' stories are documented in the 1872 book The Underground Railroad Records by William Still, an abolitionist who then headed the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee." ". Federal marshals and professional bounty hunters known as slave catchers pursued fugitives as far as the Canada–US border. "The St. Albans Raid (where Alonzo Tullar was born) was the northernmost land action of the American Civil War. It was a controversial raid from Canada by Confederate soldiers meant to rob banks to raise money and to trick the Union Army into diverting troops to defend their northern border against further raids. It took place in St. Albans, Vermont, on October 19, 1864. Were our ancestors "abolitionists? Vermont was known as the most anti-slavery state in the nation
Descendants of Abiathar Smith Robinson1 [4] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/ Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
. +Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
.... 2 [1] Edward "Rix" Robinson b: November 1852 in Vermont d: 1922 in Illinois
........ +Jenette Charlotte Nettie Anette Jenson b: 1835 in Pennsylvania d: in Illinois
.... *2nd Wife of [1] Edward "Rix" Robinson:
........ +Nora E. Gunning Stull b: 1856 in Indiana
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.... 2 Edgar Clyde Clayton Robinson b: 1855 in Vermont d: April 17, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
........ +Mary Elizabeth Acuff b: April 22, 1859 in Geneseo, Henry, Illinois d: July 14, 1935 in Cambridge, Henry, Illinois
1856 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: James Buchanan and John Breckenridge are elected president and vice president (Democratic Party).
March 6, 1857: The Dred Scott Decision was announced by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision, which asserted that African Americans could not be American citizens, inflamed the debate over slavery
.... 2 [2] Nellie Elizabeth Robinson b: October 1857 in Upper Canada (Eng.) d: December 28, 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska, Douglas County
........ +Daniel C. McCullom McCollem b: August 15, 1857 in prob. Magnolia, Putnam, Illinois d: March 07, 1891 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, age 36
.... *2nd Husband of [2] Nellie Elizabeth Robinson:
........ +Alexander Charles "Campbell" Sillik b: July 17, 1855 in Richland, Ohio/Livingston, Madison, Illinois d: July 07, 1923 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
March 4, 1861: Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the president(Republican Party) of the United States.
.... 2 Emma "Hattie" Robinson b: August 1861 in Canada d: December 29, 1930 in Streater, La Salle, Illinois
........ +George D. Miller b: September 23, 1855 in Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois d: July 02, 1924 in prob. Wenona, Illinois
October 3, 1863: President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring a Day of Thanksgiving to he observed on the last Thursday in November.
.... 2 JOHN C. Robinson b: April 21, 1864 in Montreal, Canada (Eng). d: June 05, 1923 in La Salle, Illinois
........ +Hermia Howell b: August 09, 1863 in Dana, LaSalle, Illinois d: October 27, 1936 in La Salle, La Salle, Illinois
| 1865 | 1865 December 6 - The Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially abolishing slavery. |
.... 2 WILLIAM S. Robinson b: June 1867 in prob. Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois d: April 19, 1935 in Peoria/ LaSalle, Illinois
........ +Carrie A. Monninger b: February 05, 1867 in Dana, LaSalle, Illinois d: December 14, 1943 in Davenport, Iowa
.... 2 [3] FRANK Hugh Robinson b: June 21, 1870 in Wenona,Marshall County, Illinois d: May 27, 1952 in Hillsboro,Washington County, Oregon, age 81
........ +Alice Mitchell b: January 1877 in South Dakota d: 1902 in Iowa/Nebraska
.... *2nd Wife of [3] FRANK Hugh Robinson:
........ +Gustafva"Augusta" Johansson Gustafson b: January 31, 1870 in (Village) Lumsheden, Svardsjo parish, Kopparbergs lan (county)Dalarna Province, Sweden d: April 19, 1955 in Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon, age 85
.... 2 MINNIE J. Robinson b: November 1875 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois d: 1923 in Illinois
........ +Louis Sherman Cusac b: January 20, 1866 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois, d: October 05, 1944 in Limestone Twp., Peoria County, Illinois
.... 2 ARTHUR Roy Robinson b: May 30, 1880 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois d: April 17, 1927 in Peoria, LaSalle, Illinois, Peoria County Hospital
........ +Minnie Mae "Ross"Smith b: June 22, 1885 in Varna, Marshall, Illinois d: February 07, 1974 in Chillicothe, Peoria, LaSalle, Illinois
*2nd Wife of [4] Abiathar Smith Robinson:
. +Mary Jane Deffenbaugh Walters b: November 27, 1832 in Hocking County, Ohio d: July 05, 1918 in Streator, Illinois, age 85
Nellie Robinson was born in October of 1857 in Upper Canada, the English section.
John C. Robinson was born on April 21, 1864 in Montreal, Canada, the English section.
I found that Julia Robinson was born in 1865 in Vermont, though she wasn't on the 1870 or 1880 census. I found a death date of 1903 for her. Was she a part of this family? I think her name has been added incorrectly.
William S. Robinson was then born in June of 1867 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois, where Abiathar and Julia Ann remained and where they were buried.
Julia Ann's brother, Albert Clark Tullar b: February, 1843 in Royalton, Vermont, had lived next door to each other on the August 11, 1870 census in Wenona, Illinois. Albert was a Reverend. Albert's first son, Byron Monroe Tullar, was born in Canada, the English part on June 21, 1860. (Albert lived next door to Abiatha Smith Robinson and his sister Julia Ann at age 27 on the 1870 census. He was a brick mason.
At the time he was married to Martha, and had three children; Fred, Frank and Wesesoror. He had a 10 year old boy living with him born in Canada that I cannot read the name of. It looks like Munsos (Munroe) and he was white. This boy is his first son Byron going by his middle name.) Albert's 3rd son was born in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois, so the brother in laws were staying pretty close. Did they go to Canada together? That 2nd son was born in nearby New York. People seemed to move around as much as we often do.
1 [3] Alonzo Charles Tuller b: October 22, 1809 in St. Albans, Vermont (Franklin County) d: January 29, 1870 in Rockwell, LaSalle, Illinois
.. +Asenith Asinith Durkee b: 1814 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: 1868 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont/Rockwell, Illinois
. 2 Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
..... +Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/ Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
. 2 Samuel Tullar b: February 1840 in Tunbridge, Vermont d: Aft. 1900 in prob. Worcester City, Worcester County, Massachusetts
..... +Maria Keef b: December 25, 1837 in Shefford, Quebec , Canada d: Aft. 1900 in prob. Worcester City, Worcester County, Massachusetts
. 2 Edwin Tullar b: April 1840 in Royalton, Vermont d: May 04, 1907 in Fort Dodge, Iowa
..... +Jane Ann McLean b: November 1835 in Vermont/Shefford, Quebec, Eastern Canada d: September 09, 1915 in Quimby, Iowa
. 2 Albert Abner Clark Tullar, Reverend b: February 1843 in Royalton, Vermont d: 1895 in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa
..... +Martha M. Lathrop b: 1841 in Franklin County, Franklin, New York d: Aft. 1910 in Iowa ?
. 2 Olive Tullar b: 1846 in Royalton, Vermont
..... +Calvin Jones b: Abt. 1846
. 2 [1] Alonzo Julius Tullar b: July 1849 in Royalton, Vermont d: September 30, 1933 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa, age 84
..... +Jane Unknown b: Abt. 1849
. *2nd Wife of [1] Alonzo Julius Tullar:
..... +Anna Jane Dignum b: May 1847 in Detroit, Michigan d: May 07, 1932 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa
. 2 Meleca Tuller b: 1851 in prob. Vermont, United States
. 2 [2] Charles Clarence Tuller b: January 11, 1858 in Canada d: April 28, 1931 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
..... +E Unknown b: 1862 in Illinois d: Aft. 1880 in Fort Dodge, Iowa
. *2nd Wife of [2] Charles Clarence Tuller:
..... +Mary Eileen Ritchie b: May 1862 in Iowa/Cook county, Illinois, d: Bef. 1930
. *3rd Wife of [2] Charles Clarence Tuller:
..... +Anna B. Robeson b: June 26, 1865 in Aledo, Illinois d: July 02, 1942 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
. 2 Amanda Tuller b: 1860 in Vermont d: 1960
. 2 [4] Itti Tuller b: 1860 in Canada
*2nd Wife of [3] Alonzo Charles Tuller:
.. +Betty Ann Unknown b: Abt. 1816 in United States
. 2 [4] Itti Tuller b: 1860 in Canada
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| Street lights shine in the Plains of Abraham, a historic battlefield in Quebec City. |
Today, the native language found in Shefford, Quebec is:
Mother tongue language (2006)
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French only | 5,345 | 90.13% |
| English only | 450 | 7.59% |
| Both English and French | 55 | 0.93% |
| Other languages | 80 | 1.35% |
Another brother, Edwin Tullar b: April 1840 in Royalton, Vermont, was on the 1861 census.
Brother Alonzo Julius Tullar b: July 1849 in Royalton, Vemont was on the 1861 census
Young brother Charles Clarence Tullar was born in Canada in 1858, so the family must have arrived a little sooner, and of course he was also on the Quebec 1861 census with the others.
The 4 girls of the family were not listed. Girls marry, and are hard to track. I'm at a loss with Olive b: 1846, Meleca b: 1851, and Amanda and Iti born 1860. I'm presuming the twins were born in Canada.
The Civil War was over by May 9, 1865. The family moved back to the States and was found on the 1870 census in Illinois and with the Tullars, in Iowa, but not in Vermont.
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| Boy of 1865 |
Resource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conestoga_wagon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad
https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/LibertyParty.pdf
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vttttp/windsor/oldfamiliesroyalton.htm
https://archive.org/stream/historyofroyalto02love/historyofroyalto02love_djvu.txt I checked this book out of the library and used it heavily. It's a book on reserve, very special.
Update 10/25/17 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbrooke
Labels: Abolitionists, Canada, Civil War, Illinois, Montreal, Quebec, Robinson, slavery, Tullar, Underground Railroad, Vermont, Wenona
