When Josiah A. Valentine was born on 22 September 1838, in Michigan, United States, his father, Cornelius Valentine, was 38 and his mother, Esther Alger, was 31. He married Nancy J. Hempsted on 23 October 1862, in Mundy Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Township of Conway, Livingston, Michigan, United States for about 30 years and Leroy, Leroy Township, Ingham, Michigan, United States in 1920. He died on 21 December 1922, in Locke Township, Ingham, Michigan, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Webberville, Leroy Township, Ingham, Michigan, United States.
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English and Scottish (Angus and Aberdeenshire): from the Middle English and Old French personal name Valentin, Latin Valentinus, a derivative of valens ‘strong, healthy’, which was never common in England, but is occasionally found from the end of the 12th century, probably as the result of French influence. The name was borne by a 3rd-century Christian saint and martyr, whose chief claim to fame is that his feast falls on February 14, the date of a traditional celebration of spring going back to the Roman fertility festival of Juno Februata. A 5th-century missionary bishop of Rhaetia of this name was venerated especially in southern Germany, being invoked as a patron against gout and epilepsy. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. German, Croatian, Czech, and Slovenian Valentin , Italian Valentino .
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