Blinn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Blinn family

The surname Blinn was first found in Brittany where the family were originated in early times.

Important Dates for the Blinn family

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Blinn Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Blain, Blin, Blaing, Blins, Blains, Blaint, Bling, Blaine, Blint, Blein, Blaie, Bleis, de Blain and many more.

Early Notables of the Blinn family (pre 1700)

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Blinn migration to the United States

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Blinn Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• John Blinn, who arrived in America in 1806 ^[1]
• S Blinn, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 ^[1]
• Peter Blinn, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1858 ^[1]
• Daniel Blinn, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1860 ^[1]

Contemporary Notables of the name Blinn (post 1700)

• William Frederick Blinn (b. 1937), American Emmy Award and Peabody Award winning screenwriter and television producer
• Holbrook Blinn (1872-1928), American actor from San Francisco
• James F. Blinn (b. 1949), American computer computer graphics expert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
• Wilbur R. Blinn, American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1937, 1938, 1940; Candidate for New York State Senate 11th District, 1946 ^[2]
• E. D. Blinn, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1880 ^[2]
• Clarence J. Blinn, American politician, Mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1931-33 ^[2]
• Charles Oscar Blinn (1857-1934), American Republican politician, Member of Michigan State House of Representatives from Tuscola County, 1917-20 ^[2]
• Genevieve Blinn (1874-1956), born Genevieve Clothilde Nannery, a Canadian silent film actress from New Brunswick
• George Blinn Francis (1883-1967), American Republican politician, U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1917-19; Defeated, 1914 ^[3]

Citations

1. ^ Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
2. ^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
3. ^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 17) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html