Alva Calvin Downey

Brief Life History of Alva Calvin

When Alva Calvin Downey was born on 28 September 1828, in Bastard Township, Leeds, Upper Canada, British North America, his father, Calvin C Downey, was 26 and his mother, Nancy Anna Myers, was 23. He married Elizabeth Haws on 19 February 1849, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in California, United States in 1870 and San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1880. He died on 19 August 1911, in San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alva Calvin Downey
1828–1911
Mary Elizabeth Benson
1838–1917
Marriage: 12 August 1874
Calvin Harvey Downey
1875–1928
Edna Ethylene Downey
1877–1966
Jerome Henry Downey
1879–1943

Sources (41)

  • Alvia Downey, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Alvah Downey, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Alva Downey, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

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.

1850 · California Is Admitted to Union

California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850, and became the 31st state.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dúnadhaigh ‘descendant of Dúnadhach’, a personal name meaning ‘fortress-holder’ (from dún ‘fortress, fortified hill’).

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh, or of Mac Giolla Dhomnaigh (see Maloney ).

Scottish: habitational name from the Scottish barony of Downie or Duny in the parish of Monikie in Angus (on Tayside), named from Gaelic dùn ‘hill’ + the locative suffix -ach.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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