Brief Life History of Ann
Ann Robinson was born in 1798, in Failsworth, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She married William Barrington on 9 April 1843, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England in 1851. She died in August 1861, at the age of 63, and was buried in All Saints' Church, Newton Heath, Lancashire, England.
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Sources (8)
- Ann Barrington in household of William Barrington, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Ann Robinson, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Ann, "England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910"
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World Events (8)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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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