Born Effie May Bailey, daughter of David and Caroline (Rockwell) Bailey in Burden, Kansas. The family moved to Oklahoma during the "Land Rush" in the 1889. She married Edward Robinson April 2, 1902 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma and left for Cody, Wyoming where they lived for short time before arriving in Golden around 1903 where she and Edward raised 7 children.
A Memory of Effie as told by her son Robert:
The Great Depression years were difficult time for a host of Canadians. Many of them started to ride the freight trains looking for work. Finding none, some of them turned to 'hoboing' as a way of life. Men were always hungry and our little town was host to many of them. Perfect strangers would knock on our door looking for a handout and they were never refused. We wondered for a long time why these unfortunates would pick on our house after passing up others on the same street. In later years I found out the answer . Mother's name and how to get to our house was inscribed on the inside of many boxcars, a tribute, no less, to her generosity.
A Memory of Effie as told by her son Robert:
The Great Depression years were difficult time for a host of Canadians. Many of them started to ride the freight trains looking for work. Finding none, some of them turned to 'hoboing' as a way of life. Men were always hungry and our little town was host to many of them. Perfect strangers would knock on our door looking for a handout and they were never refused. We wondered for a long time why these unfortunates would pick on our house after passing up others on the same street. In later years I found out the answer . Mother's name and how to get to our house was inscribed on the inside of many boxcars, a tribute, no less, to her generosity.
Born Effie May Bailey, daughter of David and Caroline (Rockwell) Bailey in Burden, Kansas. The family moved to Oklahoma during the "Land Rush" in the 1889. She married Edward Robinson April 2, 1902 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma and left for Cody, Wyoming where they lived for short time before arriving in Golden around 1903 where she and Edward raised 7 children.
A Memory of Effie as told by her son Robert:
The Great Depression years were difficult time for a host of Canadians. Many of them started to ride the freight trains looking for work. Finding none, some of them turned to 'hoboing' as a way of life. Men were always hungry and our little town was host to many of them. Perfect strangers would knock on our door looking for a handout and they were never refused. We wondered for a long time why these unfortunates would pick on our house after passing up others on the same street. In later years I found out the answer . Mother's name and how to get to our house was inscribed on the inside of many boxcars, a tribute, no less, to her generosity.
A Memory of Effie as told by her son Robert:
The Great Depression years were difficult time for a host of Canadians. Many of them started to ride the freight trains looking for work. Finding none, some of them turned to 'hoboing' as a way of life. Men were always hungry and our little town was host to many of them. Perfect strangers would knock on our door looking for a handout and they were never refused. We wondered for a long time why these unfortunates would pick on our house after passing up others on the same street. In later years I found out the answer . Mother's name and how to get to our house was inscribed on the inside of many boxcars, a tribute, no less, to her generosity.
Gravesite Details
The British Columbia Genealogical Society, transcribed this cemetery in August 1979 and noted a wooden cross with the name Effie M. Robinson on it. The cross no longer exists.
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