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Robert
English, Scottish, and French (also Scandinavian): one of the many Frenchnames of Germanic origin that were introduced into Britain by theNormans. This one is composed of the nearly synonymous elements hrod fame+ berht bright, famous. It had a native Old English predecessor ofsimilar form (Hreodbeorht), which was supplanted by the Norman name. Itwas the name of two dukes of Normandy in the 11th century: the father ofWilliam the Conqueror (sometimes identified with the legendary Robert theDevil), and his eldest son. It was borne by three kings of Scotland,notably Robert the Bruce (1274–1329), who freed Scotland from Englishdomination. The altered short form Bob is very common, but Hob and Dob,which were common in the Middle Ages and gave rise to surnames, areextinct. See also Rupert. Cognates: Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart. IrishGaelic Roibéard. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Roberto. German:Rupprecht. Low German (also English): Rupert.
Short forms: English: Bob, Rob. Scottish: Rob, Rab.
Pet forms: English: Bobby, Robbie, Robin.
Scottish: Robbie, Rabbie; Roban (Gaelic).
Feminine form: English: Roberta.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507
William
English: the most successful of all the Germanic names introduced toEngland by the Normans. It is composed of the elements wil will, desire +helm helmet, protection. The fact that it was borne by the Conquerorhimself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the “conquered”population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonestmale name of all, not only among Normans. In the later Middle Ages it wasovertaken by John, but continued to run second to that name until the20th century, when the picture became more fragmented. It was a royalname not only in England, but also in Germany and the Netherlands.Cognates: Irish Gaelic: Liam. Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam. Welsh: Gwilym.French: Guillaume. Italian: Guglielmo. Spanish: Guilermo. Catalan:Guillem. Portuguese: Guilherme. German: Wilhelm. Low German, Dutch:Willem. Scandinavian: Vilhelm. Czech: Vilem. Hungarian: Vilmos. Finnish:Vilppu.
Short forms: English: Will, Bill. German: Wim.
Pet forms: English and Scottish: Willy, Willie. German: Willi.
Feminine forms: English: Willa, Wilma, Billie. German: Wilhelmina,Wilhelmine, Helmine, Helma, Mine. Hungarian: Vilma.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507
Tune Surname
English: variant of Towne.
French (Champagne): possibly from a shortened form of the personal nameOpportune, which was borne by an 8th-century abbess of Montreuil.
Towne Surname
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a village, as opposedto an outlying farm or hamlet, from Middle English toun (Old English tun,which originally meant ‘fence’ and then ‘enclosure’, although the sense‘settlement, village’ was already firmly established in the Old Englishperiod) .
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN0-19-508137-4
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Biography of Robert William Tune
Birth: Apr. 8, 1892
Ovilla
Ellis County
Texas, USA
Death: Aug. 18, 1974
Ennis
Ellis County
Texas, USA [Edit Dates]
Robert William Tune was the son of Henry G.(also seen as John Henry) andMary Etta Spencer Tune. "Rob" was born and lived his entire life in thelittle town of Ovilla. His first wife was Media Lue Brown who died in1923. He next married Aletha Mae Stafford on November 22, 1925 in Ovilla.He and Letha were married forty-nine years, eight months, and twenty-sixdays. They had one son, Robert LeaMond Tune of Ovilla and a daughter whowas stillborn. "Rob" owned his own barber shop and dry cleaning businessfor many years. He was a faithful husband, father and grandfather and amember of the Ovilla Methodist Church. He was a most loving and generoussoul. May you rest in peace. I love you granddaddy, Gloria
Burial in the Ovilla Cemetery
Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas, USA
Plot: A2-24
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TUNE BARBER SHOP, OVILLA, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS
Rob Tune opened his barber shop in Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas around1913.
Source: Tune Family History by Letha Stafford Tune
Ovilla, Texas History Book, page 220
Compiled by the Ovilla Historical Society
Published and printed by the Taylor Publishing Company
Dallas, Texas
1996
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Robert William Tune
City: Not Stated
County: Ellis
State: Texas
Birthplace: Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas, United States of America
Birth Date: Apr 8, 1892
Race: White
Roll: 1953276
DraftBoard: 1
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Rt. 1, Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas
Registration Date: June 5, 1917
The World War I draft consisted of three separate registrations.
First Registration. The registration on 5 June 1917, was for men agedtwenty-one to thirty-one--men born between 6 June 1886 and 5 June 1896.
Source Information
Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft RegistrationCards, 1917-18 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. NationalArchives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service SystemDraft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington,D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Note:The first registration. (05 June 1917) was for unenlisted men bornbetween 6 June 1886 and 5 June 1896 and used a card calling for name,age, address, date and place of birth, citizenship status, employer’sname and address, dependent information, marital status, race, militaryservice, and physical appearance.
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1920 United States Federal Census Record
about Robert W Tune
Name: Robert W Tune
Home in 1920: Stevett(Sterrett), Ellis, Texas
Age: 26 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
BirthPlace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouses's Name: Media
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Texas
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Residence: Census margin denotes in Town of Ovilla, dwelling and familynumber sixteen
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 462
Occupation: Barber-owns shop...working on own account
Household Members: Name Age
Robert W Tune 26
Media Tune 25
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Stevett(Sterrett), Ellis,Texas; Roll: T625_1800; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 145; Image: 462(2)
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STERRETT, TEXAS. Sterrett is on U.S. Highway 77 five miles north ofWaxahachie in north central Ellis County. The area was settled before1850; the county's first recorded marriage was performed there. By 1852two stores and a cotton gin operated in the area. The arrival of theMissouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad in 1889 attracted settlers, and thefollowing year a post office called Sterrett, after James Sterrett, apioneer settler, began operation. The post office remained in operationuntil 1929. The small farming community recorded a population ofseventy-five between 1925 and 1952, while its businesses declined fromthree to two. In the 1980s and 1990 twenty-eight persons lived in thecommunity.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Edna Davis Hawkins, et al., History of Ellis County, Texas(Waco: Texian, 1972).
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. ","http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/hns84.html(accessed January 28, 2007).
1930 United States Federal Census
about Robert Tune
Name: Robert Tune
Home in 1930: Precinct 7, Ellis, Texas
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1893
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Letha
Race: White
Occupation: Barber--owns shop
Class of worker: Owner
Military Service: No
Residence: Ovilla
Rent/home value: Owned with value of &800.00
Radio Set: Yes
Age at first marriage: 18
Parents' birthplace: Father--Tennessee; Mother--Texas
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Tune 37
Letha Tune 28--Age at first marriage was 23
Robert Tune 3 6/12
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 7, Ellis, Texas;Roll: 2327; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 41; Image: 511.0(15)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of theUnited States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and RecordsAdministration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
about Robert Tune
Name: Robert Tune
Death Date: 18 Aug 1974
Death County: Ellis
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single(Incorrect, should say Married)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Departmentof Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: TexasDepartment of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.
***Note by Gloria Tune Saunders, granddaughter.
Grandaddy spent the last year or so of his life at the Odd Fellow andRebekah Nursing Home in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas. He passed away afterfour and one-half days in the W. C. Tennery Hospital in Waxahachie, EllisCounty, Texas. On his death certificate, it states his father's name asJohn Henry Tune, rather than the Henry G. Tune as seen on the tombstone.
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