Ancestry of
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
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- Great-grandmother of John Lithgow — 4th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 11
- Father:
- Jonathan Knowles
- Mother:
- Amanda Pollard
- Birth Date:
- 20 Nov 1851
- Birth Location:
- Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 9 May 1889
- Death Location:
- Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Spouse Name:
- Edwin B. Robinson
- Marriage Date:
- 7 Aug 1873
- Marriage Location:
- Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
- Children:
Elsie B. Robinson
Lillian Robinson
Ina Berenice Robinson (Ahnentafel No:5 )
- Notes:
Melvina Amanda Knowles's given name is also seen as Mellie.
Although most primary and secondary sources refer to her as Melvina Amanda or Mellie Knowles, her birth record gives her name as Amanda Melvina Knowles.
Melvina Amanda Knowles
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Sources for Melvina Amanda Knowles
- 1 Federal Census, RI, Providence County, 1880, Lincoln, E.D. 120, p. 17, Image 17 of 22.
- 2 Federal Census, MA, Essex County, 1860, Andover, p. 106, Image 21 of 120.
- 3 Florida, U.S., State Census, 1885, Levy, Cedar Key, p. 8, Image 8 of 38.
- 4 Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, 1916, Vol. 52, No. 1, p. 88.
- 5 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Haverhill, Vol. 253, p. 220, Marriage record for Edwin B Robinson and Mellie A Knowles.
- 6 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Lowell, Vol. 401, p. 133, Death record for Melvina A Robinson.
- 7 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Andover, Vol. 51, p. 138, Birth record for Amanda Melvina Knowles.
- 8 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1911-1915, Melrose, Vol. 611, p. 639, Marriage record for Arthur W Lithgow and daughter Ina B Robinson.
- 9 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 313.
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