When Almon Philander Colvin was born on 19 April 1838, in Kirtland Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States, his father, Orlin Philander Colvin, was 24 and his mother, Jane Dutcher, was 20. He married Martha Jane Waite in 1855, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1867. In 1880, at the age of 42, his occupation is listed as herding cows in Eden, Weber, Utah, United States. He died on 11 November 1907, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries 1857: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Scottish and Irish (Donegal, Antrim): variant of Colville , probably reflecting a local pronunciation. The name was taken to Ulster in the 17th century.
Manx: if not identical with 1, perhaps from the Old Norse personal name Kolbeinn, with /v/ substituted for /b/.
English: from the rare Middle English personal name Colwin, Colvin, which may be a borrowing into English of a Welsh name whose modern form is Collwyn ‘white’, or of colwyn ‘doe, puppy, pet dog’, or of the placename Colwyn (Denbighshire, Radnorshire).
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