Brief Life History of Peter Jonas
When Peter Jonas Colby was born on 3 February 1802, in Orange, Vermont, United States, his father, Nathan Colby, was 13 and his mother, Eunice Blood, was 20. He married Lois Alexander in 1820, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Holland, Holland, Erie, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 25 February 1887, in Holland, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Protection Cemetery, Protection, Sardinia, Erie, New York, United States.
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- Peter Colby, "United States Census, 1850"
- Peter Colby, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Peter Colby, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
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1818
Established in 1818
1821
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Erie, New York, United States
1825
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Name Meaning
English (eastern): habitational name from Colby in Norfolk and Westmorland, Coleby in Lincolnshire, or Coulby Newham in the North Yorkshire. The Colby placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Koli (a byname for a swarthy person, from kol ‘(char)coal’) + Old Norse býr ‘settlement’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Kolby .
Americanized form of German Kolbe . Compare Kolby .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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