For the last 100 years, the Robinson family has been part of Whidbey Island. The family celebrated this fact at a Hundred Years Celebration this summer.

Thirty-two descendants of Arthur and Katherine Robinson and their son Roy and his wife Marguerite gathered on July 30 to recollect stories and relish times past.

Six generations of the Robinson family have lived on Mutiny Bay.

Arthur and Katherine purchased 20 acres of land on Mutiny Bay on May 27, 1916 in an area that was known as Austin, Washington at the time.

A few years later, Roy and Marguerite moved to Whidbey Island from Bellingham and purchased an adjoining five acres to Arthur and Katherine Robinson’s 20 acres. The Robinsons have been part of the South Whidbey community throughout the years, according to a press release. Robinson Road was named after Arthur who used wooden planks to make the area accessible to cars. Island County later paved the road in the 1930s.

Roy and Marguerite Robinson developed the Robinson’s Resort in the late 1940s on a stretch of beach purchased from the state. Marguerite was also active in women’s groups, including the Freeland’s women’s community improvement group and First Thursday Club.

In addition to the 32 descendants, 50 of their spouses, partners and friends also joined in the Hundred Years Celebration.