Brief Life History of Oliver
When Oliver Larkin was born about 1749, in Rhode Island, United States, his father, Capt David Larkin, was 20 and his mother, Mary Knowles, was 19. He died from 1755 to 1856, at the age of 108.
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Parents and Siblings
1730–1811 Male
1731–1815 Female
Siblings (8)
1748–1856 Male
1749–1856 Male
1750– Female
1751–1839 Male
1755–1821 Male
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World Events (3)
1776
Age 27
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 27
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Age 27
Name Meaning
English: from a medieval personal name, a diminutive of Lar-, Lor-, both pet forms of Lawrence , formed with the addition of the Middle English suffix -kin.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Lorcáin ‘descendant of Lorcán’, a personal name from a diminutive of lorc ‘fierce, cruel’. This Gaelic name was often regarded as an equivalent of English Lawrence .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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