When Editha Palin was born on 5 December 1786, in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England, her father, John Palin, was 30 and her mother, Mary Knight, was 11783. She married John Slater on 13 May 1812, in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. She was buried in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England.
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French: habitational name from (Le) Palin, the name of several places mainly in the western part of France.
English: variant of Paulin ; with late Middle English -a(y)- for -au-.
Swedish: ornamental or habitational name formed with the root of Latin palus ‘wetland’ (alluding to placenames such as Kärr, meaning ‘marsh’, and Mossarp, named with mosse ‘marsh’) + the adjectival suffix -in, a derivative of Latin -in(i)us ‘relating to’. This surname is also found in Finland, where it is more common than in Sweden and where it may also be derived from placenames such as Palus and Palo. Compare Pallin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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