Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Coursin was born on 1 November 1844, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Benjamin Biddle Coursin Sr., was 37 and her mother, Christiana Rhodes, was 36. She married Basil Dorsey Downey, Jr. on 9 October 1865, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Goshen, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1920 and New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1929. She died on 15 November 1929, in Ohio, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Fair Street Cemetery, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (19)
- Mary E Downey in household of Dorsey Downey, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Elizabeth Downey, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"
- Mary E. in entry for Basil Dorsey Downey, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
Spouse and Children
1841–1924 Male
1844–1929 Female
Children (3)
1866–1944 Female
1871–1955 Female
1881– Female
Parents and Siblings
1807–1893 Male
1808–1868 Female
Siblings (10)
1829– Female
1831– Female
1833– Female
1835–1876 Male
1836–1913 Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 2
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Age 16
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
Age 23
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Coursen , a surname of Breton (see 3 below) or perhaps French (see 2 below) or Dutch origin. Compare Corson 4.
French: habitational name from either of two places called Courson, in Calvados and Essonne, named with the Latin personal name Curtius (a derivative of curtus ‘short’) + the locative suffix -onem, or from Courson in Yonne named with the same personal name + Gaulish dunum ‘fortress, stronghold’.
Breton (Côtes-d'Armor): variant of Corson 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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