History of New Rockford: May 31, 2021

On Feb. 16, 1904, George William Robinson, born March 16, 1840, near Montreal, Quebec, died at his home in Thief River Falls, Minn. He married Sarah A. Millen on Aug. 5, 1861, and they had seven children, three of whom survived him—William Robinson, St. Paul, Minn.; and Mrs. Jessie Jackson and Mrs. Anna Shea, both of Thief River Falls—as did his widow. [The Robinsons had come to Eddy County in 188...