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Family Reunion Unites 250 Descendants wCCOND rROlM ! COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN. Sunday. June 24. 1984 Page 10A jaaSfc to-j- JJJtflf. 4c tf nf JC jteBtfSfMaBS&9HaBBHaK& EmhSs Fulton's St. Mary Aldermanbury Church, rebuilt from bombed ruins in England, is the site for the Robinett family reunion. The Robinetts' last European ancestors were married in the church in 1653. Bernice Robinett of Payson. Ariz., right, rem- inisces about her family's last reunion two years ago. Gregg Goldman Four-da-y family reunion unites 250 descendants By Sarah Clayton Peace" (Iron Curtain) speech at West- ing that comes from a 300-ye-ar history in the to Fulton he took a 50-ho-ur bus ride. Monta L. Osborne, an amateur genealogist Missourian staff writer minster College in Fulton. In the early 1960s, United States. The move to gather the family together in and Robinett descendant, also has looked the remains of the London church were re- Until two years ago, his knowledge of his Fulton began with James Onan. into his family line. He has determined that In 1653 Allen Robinett and Margaret Simm constructed at Westminster. The Sir Christo- family's background only extended as far as Onan spent years compiling a genealogical there are approximately 30,000 living Robi- were married in a small church, St. Mary A- pher WreiKiesigned church now houses a his grandfather. Today his knowledge ex- history of the Robinett family. But a few nett descendants in his line alone. He has 10,-00- 0 ldermanbury, in London. memorial museum for Churchill. tends 12 generations. years ago he became too ill to complete his of those30,000 names recorded. In 1682, they bought land in Pennsylvania As for the Robinetts, the church is a sym- William Robinett says the reunion brings a work and passed it on to his nephew, James Privately, James Robinett estimates that from William Pennand moved there. bol of the family's origin. commonality between total strangers . Robinett. about 500,000 Robinetts are living in the Unit- This weekend 250 of Allen and Margaret Robinett descendants came from about 35 "To start up a conversation," he said, It was James Robinett who fulfilled his un- ed States today. Robinetts' direct descendants are meeting Canada to reunite this weekend, simply to ask what is their family cle's dream by organizing the tricentennial states and 'one has Part of the activities planned for the week- for a four-da- y reunion took place two years ago. in Fulton. explore family ties and learn about their line." reunion that end are genealogy workshops, The Robinett family chose Fulton because family's history. meeting is the Rev. D. Archibald of Oakland, Without those efforts, the family history an auction This year's For Harold and entertainment by family members. But it is the location of St. Mary Aldermanbury . family for may his chance to which brings the Robinett family together second reunion the Robinett clan. Calif., the reunion be last the highlight of the the In 1941, St. Mary Aldermanbury was Two years ago the family met in Fulton to learn about his family's history. Archibald would have remained a mystery, said Wi- reunion is memorial service today Robi-nett- 's bombed by the German Luftwaffe. Though celebrate the tricentennial of the year when not tricentennial two years lliam Robinett. to Allen and Margaret could attend the ancestors in St. Mary the stones remained, the interior was de- Allen and Margaret Robinett first came to ago because he was undergoing chemothera- Together James Onan and James Robinett Aldermanbury. stroyed. America. py treatment for cancer. compiled a 10-volu- me history of the family, This will not be the last reunion for the Ro- Winston Churchill came to the United For William P. Robinett of Glendora, Cal- This year's gathering is giving him a which has been available for browsing dur- binetts. The family association plans to meet States in 1946 and gave his "Sinews of if., the celebration creates a sense of belong chance to visit with and meet family. To get ing the four-da-y reunion. in Fulton every two or three years. Math theorists add prestige to conference Residents to get new ZIP versity. There will be representa- and co-organiz-er of By Andrew Fields the conference. Pisier will give 10 lectures during By Awort Sumner tives from 18 countries, including In 1979, won five-da-y "Anyone not using Missourian staff writer Pisier the Salem the conference. He will ex- Mlaaourlan staff writer the new ZIP Israel, Spam, France, England and Prize, which is awarded each year to plain his and others' work on Gro- at the end of that period will still mindboggling China. the best young mathematician. He thendieck 's problems. get their mail, but it will be diffi- It is to consider the A section of the theory that there may no boundaries Saab, who is directing the confer- has been a professor of mathematics Six other main speakers are Columbia area cult for us to deliver it in the time will get a new ZIP code beginning we're to the universe. ence, originally planned for only 40 at the University of Paris since 1981. scheduled at the conference. An ad- Julyl. supposed to," Whittaker There is another theory that con- people to attend. In the 1950s, another French math- ditional 49 people have signed up to said. "This wasn't meant to be an inter- ematician, Alexandre Grothendieck, 20-min- ute siders worlds that, in another way, give talks in smaller par- All mailing addresses south of The Post Office plans a cam- national conference," Saab said. proposed a series of six problems m well. are limitless. This second theory, allel sessions as Interstate 70 west of in- paign at the end of the summer to But when the word got the area of Banach space theory. and and however, has nothing to do with around that "We are very interested in estab- cluding Providence Road, Route inform returning students af- French mathematician Gilles Pisier The first was solved by the Swedish lead- planets, stars or the origins of the lishing our claims as one of the K and Route N now using 65201 fected by the change, said AIS had been invited to be 1972. universe. It is a field of mathematics the principal mathematician, Per Inflow, in ing centers in this field of mathemat- will change to 65203, analyst Don Casteel. speaker at the -- conference, every- Pisier, who worked same said Postal called Banach space theory. under the ics," Kalton said. "This conference Service Address Information Sys- Population growth, both actual body wantedto come. teacher as Grothendieck Poly- "The real world is limited to three at the will put the University of Missouri tems Administrator Vic Whittak-er- . and projected, prompted the cre- dimensions. In our area of math- "A mathematician from Yale Uni- technic in France, has solved the on the map." ation of the new ZIP code zone, ematics, we study infinite dimensio- versity has called me six times," sixth problem h the series. Kalton, Saab and his wife, Pau-lett- e, Whittaker said. nal worlds," said Elias Saab, assist- Saab said. "He is worried he won't "Each step was necessary in order Peter Casazza and Dennis Sen-till- es Roughly half the boxes current- ant professor of mathematics at the be able to get into the conference. to complete the next step," Pisier are the core of mathematicians ly designated 65201 will change. "The 65201 zone had reached a University. Another person called from Copen- said. "I was fascinated by this work in the University's math department To make for an easier transition, saturation point We had too Banach space theory is an area of hagen, Denmark. He can't come, but and by its challenge. Once I'm who work on functional analysis, an the Postal Service has sent out much mail, too many deliveries theoretical mathematics where wanted to make sure he would get a hooked on a problem, I don't like to area related to Banach space theory. about 12,500 notifications to those going to this one ZIP," he said. mathematicians still work out long copy of the lectures." give up." The axioms, or basic principles, of affected, Whittaker said. "We needed a finer breakdown of equations and theorems on a black- In mathematics, some problems Banach space theory appears ev- Banach space theory were formu- No 65202 designation will addresses to assure prompt deliv- board. Though it deals with abstract have remained unsolved for hun- erywhere in mathematics, Pisier lated in 1920. Two mathematicians, change, he added. ery without undue difficulty for concepts, it is the basis for much of dreds of years. Pisier, 33, has re- said. Norbert Wiener, in England, and The Postal Service urges those us. So we made a new zone out of '. applied mathematics and physics. cently solved a 30-year-- old problem. "It's frustrating not to be able to Stefan Banach, in Poland, came up affected by the change to notify the western part of the old one. " There is a great deal of interest in Because his area of study is so convince people of its fundamental with the theory at the same time. their correspondents at the first Population projections indicate Banach space theory throughout the broad, many mathematicians are in- importance," he said. "All this work Wiener was born in Columbia. His opportunity, but will allow a two-ye- ar that this new zone should be the world. terested in his work. in infinite dimensional theory even- father was a professor of Slavonic grace period for this notifi- last one necessary for the next 20 Starting Monday, 170 of the "Pisier has settled some of the tually boils down to the finite theory.
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