Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Robinson was born on 22 January 1797, in Grange, County Offaly, Ireland, her father, Launcelot Robinson, was 31 and her mother, Rebecca Haskett, was 23. She married Thomas Birch in 1815, in Ireland. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 20 December 1862, in Russell, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 65, and was buried in Bearbrook, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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- Sarah Jane Robinson Birch, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Robinson in entry for George Butch, "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Findagrave Memorial Sarah Jane Birch
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World Events (4)
1798
Battle of Antrim.
1798
The Young Ireland rebellion of 1798 failed.
1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
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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