Benjamin Franklin Downing

Male4 November 1849–10 May 1855

Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin

When Benjamin Franklin Downing was born on 4 November 1849, in Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Downing, was 26 and his mother, Hannah Beidler, was 24. He lived in Eagle, Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 10 May 1855, in Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 5, and was buried in Windsor Baptist Church Cemetery, Eagle, Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Downing
1823–1892
Hannah Beidler
1825–1857
George B Downing
1847–1897
Benjamin Franklin Downing
1849–1855
Josephine Downing
1851–1858
Sarah Amanda Downing
1855–1882

Sources (2)

  • Franklin Downing in household of Joseph Downing, "United States Census, 1850"
  • B Franklin Downing, "Find A Grave Index"

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Siblings (4)

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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