Brief Life History of Alfred
When Alfred Baldwin was born on 9 June 1796, in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States, his father, Jesse Baldwin, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Stringfellow, was 31. He married Jane Covington on 28 October 1824, in Richmond, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Richmond, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. He died on 15 August 1869, at the age of 73, and was buried in Capels Mill, Richmond, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (24)
- Alfred Baldin, "United States Census, 1850"
- Alfred in entry for Joseph L Galleway and Disa Jane Baldwin, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Alfred Baldwin in entry for Lisa Jane Galloway, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930"
Spouse and Children
1796–1869 Male
1809–1861 Female
Children (16)
1824–1911 Female
1826–1881 Male
1828–1921 Female
1829–1917 Female
1832–1910 Male
+11 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1768–1826 Male
1765–1841 Female
Siblings (9)
1789–1882 Male
1789–1835 Male
1789–1841 Female
1791–1844 Female
1791–1890 Female
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
Age 3
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 4
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 23
Name Meaning
English and North German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements bald ‘bold, brave’ + wine ‘friend’, which was extremely popular among the Normans and in Flanders in the early Middle Ages. It was the personal name of the Crusader who in 1100 became the first Christian king of Jerusalem, and of four more Crusader kings of Jerusalem. It was also borne by Baldwin, Count of Flanders (1172–1205), leader of the Fourth Crusade, who became first Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1204). In North America, this surname has absorbed Dutch forms such as Boudewijn.
Irish: surname adopted in Donegal by bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Maolagáin (see Milligan ), due to association of Gaelic maol ‘bald, hairless’ with English bald.
History: A John Baldwin from Buckinghamshire, England, arrived in the US in 1638 and settled in Milford, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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