When Alexander Ogilvie was born on 7 September 1835, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, George Byers Ogilvie, was 31 and his mother, Barbara Elizabeth Mattatall, was 38. He married Mary Ann Mellor in 1863, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 4 January 1870, in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Elko City Cemetery, Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Nevada is the 36th state.
Scottish: variant of Oglesby , a habitational name from the barony of Ogilvie in Glamis (Angus), whose name is probably Pictish, of uncertain origin and meaning.
Irish: adopted for Gilboy .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAlexander William Palmer Ogilvie There are Johnsons, LeBarons, Pierces, Mellors, Paynes and Holmans all appearing in the Palmer family tree. Many another surname also can be found, but nowhere, it see …
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