When John Allen Athey was born on 6 April 1846, in Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, his father, James Athey, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Pettigrew Allen, was 18. He married Caroline Thomas on 5 September 1872, in Clackamas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1880 and Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States in 1900. He died on 15 April 1901, at the age of 55, and was buried in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1854: Multnomah, Oregon Territory, United States 1859: Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (mainly Yorkshire): topographic name for someone dwelling ‘at the enclosure’, from Middle English atte hey (from Old English (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’).
Irish: variant of Athy .
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