On June 18, 1920 as Gertrude Livingston Hunt, she married Nelson Rulison Knox at Marin, California.
Gertrude Hunt Robinson was born in Helena, Montana, the daughter of William Hunt. She attended Holton Arms School in the District of Columbia. She lived in the District and San Francisco. Her father was a federal judge who served as governor of Puerto Rico. Later, he was appointed a United States circuit court judge in California. She was a descendant of Martha Washington and Robert L. Livingston, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. In 1919 she married Nelson R. Knox, president of the Bucyrus-Erie Co., an excavating machinery firm. In 1942 their marriage ended in divorce. In 1944 she returned to the District and in 1955 she married Philip K. Robinson, an executive Vice President of Northwestern Mutual Life. She was a member of the Washington Chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames. She died at age 80 on Sunday, July 8, 1979 in the Washington Home on Upton Street Northwest. She was a resident of 1420 35th Street Northwest. Survivors included her husband, two sons from her first marriage: Nelson R. Knox Jr. of Annapolis and Peter G. Knox of Allentown, Pennsylvania; six grandchildren and one sister, Helen Conrad of Santa Barbara, California. Services were private. Memorial contributions were suggested to the Washington Home.
Source: The Evening Star, Wednesday, July 11, 1979.
Gertrude Hunt Robinson was born in Helena, Montana, the daughter of William Hunt. She attended Holton Arms School in the District of Columbia. She lived in the District and San Francisco. Her father was a federal judge who served as governor of Puerto Rico. Later, he was appointed a United States circuit court judge in California. She was a descendant of Martha Washington and Robert L. Livingston, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. In 1919 she married Nelson R. Knox, president of the Bucyrus-Erie Co., an excavating machinery firm. In 1942 their marriage ended in divorce. In 1944 she returned to the District and in 1955 she married Philip K. Robinson, an executive Vice President of Northwestern Mutual Life. She was a member of the Washington Chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames. She died at age 80 on Sunday, July 8, 1979 in the Washington Home on Upton Street Northwest. She was a resident of 1420 35th Street Northwest. Survivors included her husband, two sons from her first marriage: Nelson R. Knox Jr. of Annapolis and Peter G. Knox of Allentown, Pennsylvania; six grandchildren and one sister, Helen Conrad of Santa Barbara, California. Services were private. Memorial contributions were suggested to the Washington Home.
Source: The Evening Star, Wednesday, July 11, 1979.
On June 18, 1920 as Gertrude Livingston Hunt, she married Nelson Rulison Knox at Marin, California.
Gertrude Hunt Robinson was born in Helena, Montana, the daughter of William Hunt. She attended Holton Arms School in the District of Columbia. She lived in the District and San Francisco. Her father was a federal judge who served as governor of Puerto Rico. Later, he was appointed a United States circuit court judge in California. She was a descendant of Martha Washington and Robert L. Livingston, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. In 1919 she married Nelson R. Knox, president of the Bucyrus-Erie Co., an excavating machinery firm. In 1942 their marriage ended in divorce. In 1944 she returned to the District and in 1955 she married Philip K. Robinson, an executive Vice President of Northwestern Mutual Life. She was a member of the Washington Chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames. She died at age 80 on Sunday, July 8, 1979 in the Washington Home on Upton Street Northwest. She was a resident of 1420 35th Street Northwest. Survivors included her husband, two sons from her first marriage: Nelson R. Knox Jr. of Annapolis and Peter G. Knox of Allentown, Pennsylvania; six grandchildren and one sister, Helen Conrad of Santa Barbara, California. Services were private. Memorial contributions were suggested to the Washington Home.
Source: The Evening Star, Wednesday, July 11, 1979.
Gertrude Hunt Robinson was born in Helena, Montana, the daughter of William Hunt. She attended Holton Arms School in the District of Columbia. She lived in the District and San Francisco. Her father was a federal judge who served as governor of Puerto Rico. Later, he was appointed a United States circuit court judge in California. She was a descendant of Martha Washington and Robert L. Livingston, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. In 1919 she married Nelson R. Knox, president of the Bucyrus-Erie Co., an excavating machinery firm. In 1942 their marriage ended in divorce. In 1944 she returned to the District and in 1955 she married Philip K. Robinson, an executive Vice President of Northwestern Mutual Life. She was a member of the Washington Chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames. She died at age 80 on Sunday, July 8, 1979 in the Washington Home on Upton Street Northwest. She was a resident of 1420 35th Street Northwest. Survivors included her husband, two sons from her first marriage: Nelson R. Knox Jr. of Annapolis and Peter G. Knox of Allentown, Pennsylvania; six grandchildren and one sister, Helen Conrad of Santa Barbara, California. Services were private. Memorial contributions were suggested to the Washington Home.
Source: The Evening Star, Wednesday, July 11, 1979.
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