Marriage date: 25 November 1891
Marriage place: Granite Falls, Snohomish County, Washington

Wife: Ella Daisy TURNER
Birthdate: April 1874
Birthplace: Kansas
Death date: 29 January 1966
Place of death: Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington
Father: William M. TURNER
Mother: Martha HENDREN

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mildred Mary ROBE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 12 November 1895
Birthplace: Robe, Snohomish County, Washington
Death date: August 1975
Place of death: Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington
Marriage date: 1916
Marriage place: Granite Falls, Snohomish County, Washington
Spouse's name: Chester LEE

Child No. 2: Doris Martha ROBE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 28 May 1897
Birthplace: Granite Falls, Snohomish County, Washington
Death date: March 1977
Place of death:
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Spouse's name: Mackinley LABAR
 

Documentation:
! Birth: History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties, Washington. One of the founders of Granite Falls, Snohomish, WA; the town of Robe beneath Mt. Pilchuck in the Stillaguamish Valley is named for him. Part owner of the Robe-Menzel Lumber Co. with property so. of Granite Falls. In 1892 when the railroad was being laid through the Valley, he met the chief engineer in charge of the work, also named Robe, a son of Major Robe of Ft. Vancouver. This civil engineer claimed to be a distant cousin, saying that the Robes originated in Massachusetts, then moved south, one branch (his) settling in Maryland and the other (Truitt's) in West Virginia. His engineering proved faulty; a graduate of the top civil engineering school (probably Iowa State) in the Midwest, he pooh-poohed locals' warnings about floods, calling the Stillaguamish nothing more than a "trout stream." Laying the roadbed along its banks proved a disaster; major washouts occurred so frequently that in time the railroad was abandoned. (source: History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties). West of Granite Falls is the small hamlet called Loch Sloy, named for the Loch Sloy Lumber Co. Also a Cranberry Creek flows through Robe. I wonder if Truitt K. Robe had a hand in these names, as Loch Sloy is the motto of Clan Macfarlane, of which the Robes are a sept, and the clan badge is the cranberry. Patricia Lee Hilscher told me via phone 4 Dec 1997 that this engineer's name was Charlie Robe, and that the family connection was not so distant as suggested here. She also has heard that the Robb/Robe family belongs to Clan MacFarlane, as a small family that was taken under the clan's protection. She has a book on the Macfarlanes that says this. She thinks this Charlie Robe came from Illinois--I recall a quote from the Everett Herald in Philip Woodhouse's book Monte Cristo about the wife of the engineer, newly arrived in the railroad construction camp from Chicago.
! 1900 Census, Snohomish Co., WA (Granite Falls P.O.). Supervisor's Dist. 285, Enumeration Dist. 217, sheet 9 (22 Jun 1900). Occupation: Lumberman. Was in WA St. Legislature 13th session with Gov. Lister & Speaker Taylor (ca. 1913); Patricia Lee Hilscher has a photo of him with these gentlemen. See Renfro, Alfred The Fourteenth Session p. 234; N 328 W2736 1915 (call no.)
! Polk's 1911 Everett & Snohomish Co. Directory lists Truit K. Robe as vice-pres. of Coast Ice & Cold Storage Co. Inc. and a resident of Granite Falls. Patricia Lee Hilscher says that Truitt was a kind, gentle man, and was only heard to swear "damn" once, when a cock Chinese pheasant that was a long-time visitor to the area was shot in a front yard by some boys. Had snowy white hair. Patricia (granddaughter) sent me photos 1998 giving middle name Kendall. He was very well-read and smart. He had a sheep ranch in Friday Harbor.
! Marriage: 1900 Census says couple had been married 8 yrs. Snohomish County Marriage Certificate Book A, p. 19 (stamped page 67B). Married by Presbyterian Rev. J.W. Dorrance.
! Death: cremated; ashes in Wenatchee with his wife's grave, as told to me by Patricia Lee Hilscher. Died of rectal cancer. At the time of death he was a resident of Friday Harbor. His ashes were first taken to Friday Harbor for interment, then to Wenatchee at the time of his wife's death.