Brief Life History of Malvina
When Malvina Bixby was born in 1841, in Apple River, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States, her father, Beriah Bixby, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Williams, was 21. She lived in Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States in 1850.
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- Malvina Bigsbey in household of Beriah Bigsbey, "United States Census, 1850"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (3)
1846
Age 5
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Age 7
1863
Age 22
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk and Essex): habitational name, perhaps from Bittesby in Leicestershire. The village was depopulated in 1494 to make way for sheep pastures. The pronunciation of the surname as Bekysby (1459) and Bixby (1539) would have arisen when bearers of the name migrated away from Leicestershire. Alternatively, Bixby might be an altered form of Bigby or Bixley, a Suffolk name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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