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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1823–1892 Male
1825–1857 Female
1847–1897 Male
1849–1855 Male
1851–1858 Female
1855–1882 Female
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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