David John (Rabenstein) Robinsteen (1855 - 1942)

Born 16 Apr 1855 in Duquesne, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 14 Apr 1942 at age 86 in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

David was born in 1855.^[1]

He was the son of John Rabenstein and Dorothea Steffler.

He died due to cerebral thrombosis and chronic myocarditis in the Monterey Sanitarium, Glendale, California in 1942^[2][1] He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California^[3] next to his wife, who had died two years earlier.^[4]

^{[3] [2] [1] [5] [4]}

Research Notes

• John changed his name from Rabenstein to Robenstein to Robinsteen (like his brothers). His son Homer took it further to Robinson. The evidence for the final change is found on Homer's death record which shows his father's name as different from his own.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} California Death Index, 1940-1997, database, FamilySearch (26 November 2014), David J Robinsteen, 14 Apr 1942; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, database with images, FamilySearch (22 August 2018), David J Robinsteen, 1942.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 10 January 2019), memorial page for David J. Robinsteen (16 Apr 1853–14 Apr 1942), Find A Grave Memorial no. 85499461, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 10 January 2019), memorial page for Sarah Viola Davidson Robinsteen (6 Dec 1858–26 Aug 1940), Find A Grave Memorial no. 85499463, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8).
5. ↑ Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, database, FamilySearch (11 February 2018), David John Robenstein in entry for Homer Howard Robenstein, 19 Apr 1887; Birth, citing Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 499,279.

United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (12 April 2016), Household of John Rabenstein, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 53, family 412, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,790.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6Z-5QL : 16 July 2017), David Rabenstein, Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 25, sheet 10C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1088; FHL microfilm 1,255,088.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97K-VHT : 14 March 2018), David J Robinsteen in household of Robert W Freeman, Tract 400, Glendale, Glendale Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-198, sheet 5B, line 74, family 110, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 230.

Wife "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR2-8B9X : 22 August 2018), David J Robinsteen in entry for Sarah Viola Robinsteen, 1940.

Children Homer "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP37-CZFR : 22 August 2018), David J Robinson in entry for Homer H Robinson, 1955.

"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8X1-RVT : 8 December 2017), D J Robinson in entry for Homer H Robinson and Mary Luella White, 18 Jul 1923; citing Orange, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,050,935.

"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP28-PZB : 26 November 2014), Robinsteen in entry for Homer H Robinson, 06 Jul 1955; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGP6-QN2T : 22 August 2018), David J Robinsteen in entry for Homer H Robinson, 1955.

Elmer "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPST-Y11J : 22 August 2018), David J Robinsteen in entry for Elmer Garfield Robinsteen, 1918.

Gertrude "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2FY-BXM : 11 February 2018), David John Rabenstein in entry for Gertrude Robenstein, 17 May 1885; Birth, citing Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 499,276.