Robert Riley WOODBURN b. 3 Jun 1861 Ireland d. 26 Aug 1933 Avalon, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania

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1861 - 1933

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Born	3 Jun 1861	Ireland
Gender	Male
Died	26 Aug 1933	Avalon, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
Buried	29 Aug 1933	Allegheny Co. Memorial Park, Allison Park, Pennsylvania
Person ID	I25	Johnson Hindin Tree
Last Modified	28 Aug 2015

Father	Matthew Wood WOODBURN, b. Abt 1825, Errigal, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland , d. 26 Jan 1903, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland
Mother	Isabel BROWN, b. 1841, Ireland , d. 31 Jan 1888, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland
Married	22 Mar 1860	Terrace Row Presbyterian Church, Coleraine, N. Ireland
Family ID	F132	Group Sheet

Family Martha W. YOUNG, b. 11 Dec 1866, Southside (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 20 Dec 1940

Married 8 Dec 1887

Children

	1. Martha W. WOODBURN, b. 28 Jun 1890, d. 9 Dec 1973
	2. Isabel Browne WOODBURN, b. 25 Jun 1892, d. 15 Jun 1948
	3. Mary Wallace WOODBURN, b. 19 May 1894, d. 13 Dec 1949
	4. Ruth WOODBURN, b. 4 Apr 1896, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , d. 6 Dec 1976, McHenry, IL
	5. Robert Y. WOODBURN, b. 25 Sep 1900, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. Oct 1984, Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia
	6. John Houston WOODBURN, b. 24 Mar 1902, d. 27 Nov 1978, Bellevue, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
	7. Morrow M. WOODBURN, b. 9 Dec 1905, d. 13 Nov 1967, Avalon, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania

Family ID F9 Group Sheet

Notes

Robert was born in Ireland. According to his granddaughter Nancy Gosser Rosenblatt, he was from Coleraine, in N. Ireland. She also thinks he had two sisters who lived in N. Ireland. (This recollection is consistent with the information supplied by David Woodburn, who said that two daughters of Matthew and Isabel Woodburn, a Mrs. Scott of Ballymena and a Mrs. Brewster of Coleraine, lived in Ireland while their seven other children went to the United States.) According to Nancy Rosenblatt, he greatly admired Queen Victoria and he had a fiery temper.

Robert immigrated to the United States on the S.S.Scandinavian, arriving in the Port of Baltimore in September 1888. His age is shown to be 22, his occupation is shown to be a miner, and his intended destination is Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. From some reason, the manifest states he from Scotland.

The S.S. Scandinavian (1869) was was built by R.Steele & Co, Greenock in 1869 for the Allan Line. She was a 2,840 gross ton ship, length 338.7ft x beam 40ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. There was accommodation for 100-1st and 600-3rd class passengers. Launched on 8/11/1869, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal on 5/5/1870. On 16/3/1876 she commenced her last voyage from Liverpool to Portland and was then laid up until 1879 when she was fitted with compound engines. On 26/8/1879 she sailed from Liverpool to St.John's, NF, Halifax and Baltimore and on 28/4/1880 started sailings between Glasgow, Quebec and Montreal. On 19/11/1885 she commenced running between Glasgow and Philadelphia and on 14/2/1899 commenced her last voyage Glasgow - Boston. Later the same year she was scrapped in Italy. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.313]

Robert became a U.S. citizen on October 4, 1890 for which his sponsor was J. McAfee. (According to "A List of Immigrants Who Applied for Naturalization Papers in the District Courts of Allegheny Co., Pa.", W.Pa.Gen.Soc., v.6, p.105.). According to his death certificate, Robert was C.P.A. He was active in the Knights Templar, having served as the Master of the Avalon Lodge and in 1902 Commander of the Ascalon Commandery, No. 59 before affiliating himself with the Pittsburgh Commandery No, 1 in 1908.

According to the 1930 Census, Robert (age 67), lived with his wife Martha (age 63) and their son Morrow (age 25) and their daughter Mary Johnson (age 36) and her two children Jack (age 6) and Robert (age 4), at 822 Florence Ave., Avalon, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Robert immigrated to the U.S. in 1880. He worked as a laborer at a bank.

He died of bladder cancer at 2:30 p.m. on August 26, 1933.

The following death notice was published in the August 27, 1933 edition of the Pittsburgh Press:

Woodburn--Saturday, Aug. 26, 1933, at 3:50 p.m., Robert R., aged 72 years, husband of Martha Young Woodburn. Funeral Service at his late residence, 822 Florence Ave., Avalon, PA, on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Member of Avalon Lodge No. 657, F&A M. Royal Arch Chapter, Zerubbabel No. 162, Pittsburgh Commandery, No. 1 Knight Templars: Syria Temple, A.A.O.M.S, and friends invited.