Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Robinson was born in 1816, in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Robinson, was 53 and her mother, Ann Kitching, was 52. She married Joseph Fisher on 21 February 1846, in Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Coalville, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died in 1857, in Whitwick, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 41, and was buried in Whitwick, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (6)
- 1851 Census of England and Wales
- Mary Robinson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- General Register Office for England and Wales, Death Index
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World Events (5)
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .
West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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