An oil painting of Emma Louisa Prosser Robinson, wife of Samuel Marshall Robinson (1830-1908). Emma Robinson was born 21 December 1838 in Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and she died 18 March 1916 in Hovey Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Charles Prosser (abt. 1810-1898) and Eliza Brinker (1808-1887). Emma was the mother of seven children, only three of whom outlived her. She was Episcopalian and is buried in the churchyard of The Church of our Father in Foxburg, Pennsylvania. This image is used with the permission of her great-grandson, Sam Robinson of New Hampshire.
Remembering people who entertained us through the decades with special moments captured on film.
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A veteran of on-again/off-again family history work for the past 30 years, I am researching the following surnames, with these families originating mostly in Western Pennsylvania: Marshall, Truby, Rohrer, Haugh, Williams, Willison, McNabb, Bollman, Shankle, Kelker, Rumbarger, Roney.