When Robinson Wattleworth was born on 28 December 1842, in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Wattleworth, was 30 and his mother, Amelia Gird, was 35. He married Margaret Warlow in June 1869, in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Millom, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Whalley Range, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died on 29 May 1933, in Chorlton cum Hardy, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 90, and was buried in Chorlton cum Hardy, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
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Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
When the Industrial Revolution hit Lancashire, cotton mills started spring up everywhere. This helped the cotton industry to start booming even moreso in Lancashire.
The Bacup Natural History Society was established in 1878 in Lancashire. It holds a collection of over 4,000 photos, slides, and documents. It holds many different artifacts from military to fossils.
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).
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