Brief Life History of Grace
When Grace Robinson was born on 16 June 1837, in Accrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Robinson, was 41 and her mother, Ann Margerison, was 38. She married William Blain on 8 October 1862, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1862 and lived in Whalley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 28 September 1871, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Grace Robinson in household of Henry Robinson, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Grace R Blain, "BillionGraves Index"
- Grace Blain in entry for Wm Blain, "Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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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