When Alanson Alvord was born on 29 June 1803, in Granby, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Gad Alvord, was 44 and his mother, Phebe White, was 41. He married Maria Wilbur Forse on 23 January 1834, in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in York Township, Medina, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 2 December 1862, in Warren, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, Pennsylvania, United States 1812: Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
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English (southwestern): variant of Alford 1; the spelling reflects the southwestern English dialect pronunciation.
History: This surname was brought to North America by Alexander Alvord, who came from Devon or Somerset to Windsor, CT, c. 1645. He had many prominent descendants.
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