Brief Life History of Robert Platt
When Robert Platt Needham was born on 30 July 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Needham, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Anne Booth, was 25. He died on 30 October 1851, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Robert Platt Needham, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so named, such as High Needham in Hartington (Derbyshire), Needham in Elm (Cambridgeshire), Needham (Norfolk), Needham in Yaxley, Needham Street in Gazeley or Needham Market (all in Suffolk). These places are named with Old English nēd ‘need, hardship’ + hām ‘homestead’, denoting a place that provided a poor living.
Irish (County Mayo): Anglicized form of Ó Niadh, see Nee .
History: English explorer James Needham carried the name to the southern Carolina settlement, arriving from Barbados in 1670 as a young man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Needham, Robert's father, served a mission in England along with a lot of the apostles, including Parley P Pratt. They taught the gospel in Burslem, Staffordshire, England. One of the converts …
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