Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Colville was born on 15 June 1797, in Blount, Tennessee, United States, his father, Maj Joseph Colville III, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Lusk, was 32. He married Sally Cheek about 1815, in Tennessee, United States. He died on 9 December 1849, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 52.
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Spouse and Children
1797–1849 Male
1802–1874 Female
Children (14)
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1787–1827 Female
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Colleville in Seine-Maritime, France, named with the Scandinavian personal name Koli (see Cole 2) + Old French ville ‘settlement, village’. The Scottish branch of the family were descended from Philip de Colville, who came to Scotland as a household knight of kings Malcolm IV (1153–65) and William ‘the Lion’ (1165–1214).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Joseph Colville Jr.my 2xGrandfather
Story goes he left Benton Arkansas around 1849 headed for The California gold rush, with one of the older sons. They were ambushed at their mine by Indians and both were scalped and died there. This w …
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