Brief Life History of Joel
When Joel Owen was born about 1838, in Ancram, Columbia, New York, United States, his father, Harmon Owen, was 25 and his mother, Maria Betsey Silvernail, was 23. He married Lucy E Weston on 19 August 1865, in Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan, United States in 1860. He died on 11 September 1876, in Mayfield Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Lapeer Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- Joel Owen, "United States Census, 1870"
- Joel Owen, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Joel Owen, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
Spouse and Children
1838–1876 Male
1845–1926 Female
Children (2)
1867–1892 Female
1871–1876 Female
Parents and Siblings
1814–1903 Male
1816–1905 Female
Siblings (10)
1838–1876 Male
1840–1922 Male
1842–1864 Male
1844–1928 Male
1846–1937 Male
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World Events (7)
1846
Age 8
1847 · Moving the State Capital
Age 9
1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
Age 16
Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Owain, from Latin Eugenius (see Eugene ). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán, see 2 and 3.
Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’. See McEwen .
Irish: from Ó hEoghain, ‘descendant of Eoghan’. See Ewen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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