Brief Life History of Harriet Vilate
When Harriet Vilate Pitkin was born on 30 July 1848, in Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States, her father, George White Pitkin, was 47 and her mother, Sarah Ann Huffman, was 21. She married William Kennedy Robinson on 9 August 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Millville, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880 and Logan, Cache, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 11 March 1914, in Tremonton, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Harriett Robbins in household of Charles Robbins, "United States Census, 1880"
- Harriet V Robinson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (Buckinghamshire): variant of Pipkin .
History: The Pitkin name was introduced by William Pitkin, a leading lawyer and judge in CT, who migrated from Marylebone, London, to Hartford, CT, in 1660. William was probably the largest landowner on the east side of the Connecticut River, where he owned part of a saw and grist mill.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Harriet Vilate Pitkin Robbins (30 July 1848 – 11 March 1914)
Occupation: Housewife; Religion: LDS, original Utah pioneer of 1848, born while crossing the plains near Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, in a covered wagon; Burial: approximately 140 feet north of 3A, painted …
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