Brief Life History of Ellis
When Ellis Downing was born on 2 November 1835, in Fountain, Shawnee Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States, his father, John Jeremiah Downing, was 38 and his mother, Susannah Susan Wilkinson, was 34. He married Narcissus Bales on 6 March 1856, in Davis, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Creek Township, Davis, Iowa, United States for about 30 years and Union Township, Davis, Iowa, United States in 1885. He died on 19 April 1899, in Davis, Iowa, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Rouch Cemetery, Union Township, Davis, Iowa, United States.
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- Elias Downing in household of Sonoma Downing, "United States Census, 1850"
- Ellis Downing, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Ellis Downing, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1843
Historical Boundaries: 1843: Davis, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Davis, Iowa, United States
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork and Kerry): sometimes of English origin, but in County Kerry it is usually an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnín (see Dineen ).
English: from the Middle English personal name Dun(n)ing, Douning (Old English Dunning, a derivative of Old English Dunna (see Dunn ).
English (Devon): topographic name for someone who lived on the hill, an -ing derivative of Middle English doun ‘hill’, equivalent to Downer . This formation is characteristic of Devon (compare Brooking ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Obit T-DOWNING, Noah W (1866-1941)
Obituary - Newspaper Obituary, Frankie Ellenberger Scrapbook, Page 20, Bloomfield Gen. Library, Bloomfield, IA Noah, son of Ellis and Narcissis Downing, was born in Davis County, Iowa, near chequest, …
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