Brief Life History of Dorothy
When Dorothy Robinson was born on 5 November 1823, in Darlington, Durham, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Robinson, was 20 and her mother, Margaret Angus, was 20. She married William Murgatroyd on 28 December 1844, in Leeds St Paul, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 16 September 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Dorothea Rossiter in household of Solomon Rossiter, "United States Census, 1860"
- Dorothy Robinson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Dorothy Robinson, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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Why George Jr. wouldn't cross the plains.
The following is from the journal of Gibson Condie, the husband of Elizabeth Robinson. In this excerpt he explains how it was that George Sr. and George Jr. did not cross the plains to Salt Lake City …
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