Malinda Snyder Downing

Brief Life History of Malinda Snyder

When Malinda Snyder Downing was born in February 1844, in Missouri, United States, her father, Erastus Roger Downing, was 33 and her mother, Margaret Sutherland, was 35. She married Francis Marion Stow on 1 July 1860, in Nodaway, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Oregon, United States in 1870 and Election Precinct 28 Grand Ronde, Yamhill, Oregon, United States in 1920. She died on 8 July 1933, in Yamhill, Oregon, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis Marion Stow
1838–1871
Malinda Snyder Downing
1844–1933
Marriage: 1 July 1860
Margaret Elizabeth Stow
1862–1950
Joel E Stow
1864–1937
Robert Asa "Ace" Stow
1866–1957
Mary Marcella Stow
1868–1946
Francis Marion Stow Jr
1871–1967

Sources (24)

  • Melinda S Lanbright in household of Isaac Lanbright, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Malinda Stowe, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
  • Malinda Southerland Lambright, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1968"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1859 · Oregon Becomes a State

Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859. 

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

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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