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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.

Early History of 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

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United States 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 (1937-2020), American two-time Emmy Award winning 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]


  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


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