Individual Report for Edith
Belle Robbins
Father: Benjamin Jackson Robbins
Mother: J. Amelia Ernstine Beyer
Birth: March 3, 1889 – Saunders County, Nebraska; Born
at home near Ithaca
Census: June 16, 1900 – Green Precinct, Saunders
County, Nebraska; (Eda) at school, living with family; also listed in Joseph
Knipple household
Residence: 1904 – Moved with parents to Wahoo,
Nebraska
Census: April 29, 1910 – Wahoo, Saunders County,
Nebraska; Living with parents
Property: July 1915 – Inherited N ½ of SE ¼ and SE ¼
of SE ¼ of Sec 35 (80 acres) from father
Marriage: June 2, 1916 to Alford Lee in Omaha,
Nebraska
Residence: July 1916 – Began building new house on
farm near Ithaca
Health: About Dec 1916 – Hospitalized in Lincoln for
treatment, returned to mother's home in Wahoo
Will: December 4, 1916 – Wahoo, Nebraska; Signed will,
witnessed by Philomena White & Amelia Robbins. Will - 1) pay bills, 2) erect
grave stone costing no less than $600, 3) balance of property to husband, Alford
E Lee, 4) Alford to be executor of will
Child: February 1, 1917 – Wahoo, Nebraska; John
William Lee; lived only a few hours
Death: February 1, 1917 – Wahoo, Saunders County,
Nebraska; died in childbirth
Burial: February 7, 1917 – Ithaca, Nebraska; Buried
with son in Indian Mound Cemetery
Probate: Saunders County Court, Wahoo, Nebraska
February 8,
1917 – Petition for Probate of will filed by Alford Lee; Real Estate valued at
$9000; personal property $2000
February 9,
1917 – Order for Hearing Proof of Will
March 12, 1917 – Proof of Probate of Will; testimony by Philomena White who said
she saw Edith sign the will; Amelia testified she did not.
March 20, 1917 – Decree of probate of Will; will accepted. Testimony by Oscar Hanson, Dr. McGuire (attending physician), P. P. White (who wrote the will). Alford Lee declined to be executor of the will
March 22, 1917 – G. W. Walter
named to administer the will
October 3, 1917 – Order Authorizing Sale of Personal
Property
November 14, 1917 – Judgment on Claims
December 17, 1917 – Final Decree
Sources
1900 Federal Census, Joseph P. Knipple household, June 1-2, 1900, Saunders County, Nebraska at ancestry.com
1900 Federal Census, B. J.
Robbins residence, June 16, 1900, Saunders County, Nebraska at ancestry.com
1910 Federal Census, Benjamin J Robbins residence,
April 29, 1910, Wahoo, Nebraska at ancestry.com
Calvert, Ted, compiler, Robbins Family Tree, downloaded March 9, 2004 from ancestry.com
Findagrave.com
Lee, Edith B., County Court of Saunders County, NE, Probate Records, February 9-December 17, 1917
Robbins, Amelia Beyer, The Wasp newspaper, "Got First Marriage License in Wahoo," (undated), Wahoo, Nebraska
Robbins, Amelia, The Wasp, "Saunders County Pioneer Is Called," Amelia Robbins, (undated clipping), Wahoo, Nebraska
Robbins, Edith, The Wasp
newspaper, Death of Mrs. Alford E. Lee, (undated), Wahoo, Nebraska
Robbins, Edith B. & Alford E. Lee, Marriage License,
License # 39595, Book 43, Pg 68, Omaha, Nebraska, June 2, 1916
Robbins, L. Charles, Email to Lanny Robbins, cc to
Mardi Anderson, Wahoo, Nebraska, Subject: Edith Robbins Lee, sent January 27,
2001
Robbins, L. Charles, Email to Mardi Anderson, cc to
Lanny Robbins, Wahoo, Nebraska, Subject: Edith Robbins & Alford E Lee, sent
January 30, 2001
Robbins, Lanny, The Benjamin
Robbins Family, November 20, 1998, (self published), 4101 Old Pine Trail,
Midland, MI