Brief Life History of Alvey Blair
When Alvey Blair Strawn was born on 29 April 1845, in Roscoe, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, his father, John M Strawn, was 42 and his mother, Mary Cascadden, was 36. He married Phoebe Wood in 1862, in Rudd, Floyd, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States in 1915 and Rock Grove Township, Floyd, Iowa, United States in 1920. He died on 8 May 1924, in Kedron Township, Woodbury, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Anthon, Woodbury, Iowa, United States.
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- Alvery B Strawn, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Legacy NFS Source: Alva Strawn was a male - Government record: birth-name: Alva Strawn was a male
- Alvey Blair Strawn, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
Probably an altered form of Strachan or Straughan ,reflecting the pronunciation.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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