When Robert Littlejohn was born on 19 August 1800, in Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, his father, Peter Littlejohn, was 43 and his mother, Margaret Walker, was 39. He married Amelia Kesson on 3 March 1827, in Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died in 1839, in his hometown, at the age of 39.
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Scottish and English: nickname from Middle English litel ‘little’ (Old English lȳtel) + the Middle English personal name John . The nickname may have been used ironically for a giant, as with the outlaw character Little John in 17th-century tales and ballads of Robin Hood (though he is no giant in 15th-century texts).
In some cases also an Americanized form (translation into English) of French Petitjean .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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