Brief Life History of Robert Gravatt
When Robert Gravatt Hopkins was born on 17 September 1837, in Clinton Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States, his father, Ezekiel Hopkins, was 36 and his mother, Lydia Gravatt, was 33. He married Polly Emaline Lamb on 3 April 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 2 April 1908, in Clawson, Teton, Idaho, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Cache Clawson Cemetery, Teton, Idaho, United States.
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- Robt Hopkins in household of Jas Lamp, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Robert Gravatt Hopkins - birth-name: Robert Gravatt Hopkins
- Robert Gravett Hopkins, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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