Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Dow was born on 18 September 1850, in New York, United States, her father, Warren L. Dow, was 22 and her mother, Martha Jane Collier, was 18. She died on 2 July 1866, at the age of 15, and was buried in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States.
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1828–1901 Male
1832–1890 Female
Siblings (4)
1850–1866 Female
1859–1859 Male
1863– Female
1868–1961 Female
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1863
Age 13
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 13
Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff ).
English: from the Middle English personal name Dow, a rhyming pet form of Row(e), representing a common pronunciation of Rolf, a side form of Ralph. See Rolfe and compare Daw , Dawson , and Dowson . Alternatively, in East Anglia the name may be a variant of Dove .
Americanized form of Dutch Douw: from the personal name Douwe, from Frisian dou ‘pigeon’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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