Walker (Smith) Robinson (1921 - 1989)

Born 3 May 1921 in Ailey, Montgomery, Georgia, United States

Husband of Marjorie Joseph — married 22 Jun 1938 in New York, United States

Husband of Edna Mae (Holly) Robinson — married 29 May 1943 in Cook, Illinois, United States

Died 12 Apr 1989 at age 67 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Ray (Smith) Robinson is Notable.

Ray was a Freemason

Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr.) was a boxing champion, widely regarded as the greatest of all time.^[1]

Walker Smith Jr., son of Walker Smith and Leila Hurst, was born in Ailey, Georgia in 1921. He married his first wife, Marjorie Joseph, on June 23, 1938 in New York.^[2] His second wife was Edna Mae Holly, whom he married in 1944.^[3]

He died in 1989.^[4][5][6] Robinson is buried in Inglenook Park Cemetery. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Sugar Ray Robinson
2. ↑ Ancestry Record 61788 #181252 "New York, New York, Index to Marriage Licenses, 1908-1910, 1938-1940", Name: Walter Smith, Gender: Male,Race: Colored (Black), Marital Status: Single,Age: 17, Birth Date: 3 May 1921, Birth Place: Dublin GA, Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1938, Marriage Place: New York, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, Residence Street Address: 319 W 118 St, Residence Place: New York City, Occupation: Grocery Clerk, Father: Walter Smith, Mother: Leila Smith, Spouse: Marjorie Joseph, Certificate Number: 11942, Current Marriage Number: 1, Witness 1: Frances C. Robeson, Witness 2: Annye S. Dixon
3. ↑ Ancestry Record 1500 #1440185Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTBV-62L : 7 January 2021), Sugar Ray Robinson, 12 Apr 1989; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP8L-8B1 : 26 November 2014), Sugar Ray Robinson, 12 Apr 1989; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
6. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSB-NZ2S : accessed 31 May 2021), Walker Or Sugar Ray Smith Or Robinson Jr, Virginia, United States, 12 Apr 1989; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing USA TODAY, born-digital text.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-BPLX : 4 August 2020), Sugar Ray Robinson, ; Burial, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Inglewood Park Cemetery; citing record ID 3831, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MY-WQK : accessed 22 July 2020), Walker Smith in household of Lela Smith, Detroit (Districts 0001-0250), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 12A, line 45, family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1034; FHL microfilm 2,340,769.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQSJ-RDH : 18 November 2019), Walter Smith in household of Lelia Smith, Assembly District 11, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-945, sheet 1B, line 76, family 20, 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 2646.

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q316706, en:Wikipedia
• https://www.chicofreemasons.org/lodge-news/2019/2/21/black-history-month-celebrating-famous-black-freemasons