Brief Life History of John
When John Robinson was born on 25 September 1826, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Robinson, was 36 and his mother, Catherine Grumley, was 38. He married Charlotte Siddell on 14 October 1846, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in West Derby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Great Crosby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 6 October 1891, in Waterloo by Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 65, and was buried in Derry, County Londonderry, Ireland.
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- John Robinson, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- John Robinson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Robinson, "England, Lancashire, Liverpool, Banns and Marriages, 1557-1960"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1845
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
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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