Brief Life History of George
When George Robinson was born on 26 August 1803, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Robinson, was 30 and his mother, Dorothy Wharton, was 35. He married Margaret Angus on 11 May 1824, in Darlington St Cuthbert, Durham, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Darlington, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 11 August 1856, in Linden, Dallas, Iowa, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Linden, Dallas, Iowa, United States.
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- George Robinson, "England and Wales Census, 1841" [age 39, born Durham, England]
- George Robinson, "England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds & Allegations, 1692-1900"
- George Robinson, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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