When Henry Ogden Avery was born on 31 January 1852, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Putnam Avery, was 29 and his mother, Mary Ann Ogden, was 26. He lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 30 April 1890, in New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
English: from the Middle English and Anglo-Norman French personal name Aevery, a Norman form of Alfred . Among the 17th-century Puritan settlers in New England, there was some confusion with Averill . Compare Averett .
Altered form of French Canadian Hévey (see Hevey ). Compare Avey 3.
History: Christopher Avery emigrated from England to Salem, MA, in or before 1630. — William Avery (alias Averill) was one of the Puritan settlers who emigrated from England to Ipswich, MA, in or c. 1637. — Some of the American bearers of the surname Avery are descendants of Nicolas Hévé/Devé from France, who was in QC by 1672 (see Hevey ).
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