David Conn

Brief Life History of David

When David Conn was born on 15 July 1850, in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, David Conn, was 24 and his mother, Elisabeth Jane Armstrong, was 23. He married Grace Livingstone Lindsay on 31 December 1873, in Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Newton Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 30 April 1913, in Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Newton Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Conn
1850–1913
Grace Livingstone Lindsay
1850–1932
Marriage: 31 December 1873
John Lindsay Conn
1871–1939
Elizabeth Jane Armstrong Conn
1874–1876
David William Conn
1876–1948
Grace Livingstone Lindsey Conn
1879–1956
Andrew Conn
1881–1925
Agnes Conn
1882–1937
James Livingston Conn
1884–1949
Robert G Conn
1885–1965
Helen Ellen Ruth Scott Conn
1888–
Florence Christina Conn
1889–1989

Sources (52)

  • David Corm, "United States Census, 1910"
  • David Conn, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
  • David Conn, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway

Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish (Armagh, Derry): back-formation from Mac Coinn ‘son of Conn’, the early Gaelic personal name usually interpreted as ‘reason, wisdom’ or ‘head, chieftain’; its genitive in surnames is Coinn[e], see Quinn .

Irish: shortened form of McConn .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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David Conn 1850-1913

David Conn 1850-1913 was my Great,Great Grandfather. He fathered an illegitimate son also David born in 1871 to my Great, Great Grandmother Mary McMurdo. Family legend has it that, following a paterni …

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