Brief Life History of Lovina
When Lovina Robinson was born on 28 May 1838, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Robinson, was 23 and her mother, Martha Graham, was 19. She married John S Quinn on 23 September 1857, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Auburn Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa, United States in 1870. She died on 6 July 1889, in Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa, United States.
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- Lovina Robison in household of John Robison, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lovina Robinson, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Lavina Robinson in entry for Hattie Ellen Jacobs, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Buchanan, Iowa, United States [Spreads into Buchanan and Fayette counties]
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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