When William James Baldwin was born on January 7, 1844, in Nauvoo, Illinois, his father, Caleb, was 26 and his mother, Ann, was 24. He was married three times and had 13 sons and seven daughters. He died on February 27, 1908, in Monroe, Utah, at the age of 64, and was buried there. FIND A GRAVE INFO: William Baldwin, one of the esteemed and industrious citizens of Monroe died Feb 27 of brain fever. He leaves a wife, four sons and two daughters, all grown. One son died two months ago. Mr. Baldwin his been a resident of Monroe for about 12 years. Published in the Richfield Reaper 1908-03-05
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English and North German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements bald ‘bold, brave’ + wine ‘friend’, which was extremely popular among the Normans and in Flanders in the early Middle Ages. It was the personal name of the Crusader who in 1100 became the first Christian king of Jerusalem, and of four more Crusader kings of Jerusalem. It was also borne by Baldwin, Count of Flanders (1172–1205), leader of the Fourth Crusade, who became first Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1204). In North America, this surname has absorbed Dutch forms such as Boudewijn.
Irish: surname adopted in Donegal by bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Maolagáin (see Milligan ), due to association of Gaelic maol ‘bald, hairless’ with English bald.
History: A John Baldwin from Buckinghamshire, England, arrived in the US in 1638 and settled in Milford, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesHistory of William James Baldwin William James Baldwin was the third child of Caleb Clark Baldwin and Ann Eliza Robinson. He was born 7 January 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. Caleb and Ann wer …
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