MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
The News Briefly Chronicled.
John Alvey, one of the oldest settlers of Faribault county, died at his residence at Bass Lake at the age of 84.
Freeborn County Standard; Albert Lea, Minnesota.
April 29, 1891; Page Three.
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Married to Sarah Turpin (1814 - 1889)
(John and Sarah are my Great Great Grandparents)
Newspaper Article (July 9, 1958)(ALVEY HISTORY-CENTENNIAL YEAR FEATURE)
By Lillis Oliver, Fairmont Daily Sentinel Writer
1st wife: Ann Lee: b. 1809 d. 1834 Bulwell, England
1 son: Henry Alvey b. 1833 - d. 1914 Kansas
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John Alvey, Born in 1807, Left Ancestors in Faribault County
WINNEBAGO - Minnesota Centennial year observance is making folks mindful of pioneer days and people. In many cases it has prompted residents to give thought to their own ancestors who were instrumental in hacking out civilization in the prairie lands we now call home. Many a forgotten family tree has come with branches that represent heroes, prominent civic leaders and other pioneer personages.
Just so, and of interest to many area residents, is the tracing of the ancestors of pioneer resident John Alvey, great-grand-father of Mrs. Wayne Jacobs, and the children of the late Mr and Mrs. Duncan Gray.
John Alvey was born in England in 1807. When a young man he and his wife, English-born Sarah Turpin, brought their family to the United States and settled in the east. They moved to Faribault county in 1861 (they actually moved here in 1856, residing in Guthrie) and located in Delavan township, when only two other white women resided there, both names that are familiar here, Mrs. Thomas Blair and Mrs. George McKay (The Mckay family stayed in Canada until Marion was born and came to Minnesota in 1857).
Alvey served as first postmaster in a building that was located across the road from the Bass Lake school. He was also a county coroner. Although British born, the John Alveys never returned to their native land. Both lie buried in Bass Lake cemetery.
Descendents of this pioneer couple are persons that are familiar locally today.
There were two son, W. T. and Sam Alvey, and four daughters, Mrs. Donald Gray, Mrs. Orson Colby, Mrs. Cyrus Fox and Mrs. Oscar Booth.
The News Briefly Chronicled.
John Alvey, one of the oldest settlers of Faribault county, died at his residence at Bass Lake at the age of 84.
Freeborn County Standard; Albert Lea, Minnesota.
April 29, 1891; Page Three.
------------
Married to Sarah Turpin (1814 - 1889)
(John and Sarah are my Great Great Grandparents)
Newspaper Article (July 9, 1958)(ALVEY HISTORY-CENTENNIAL YEAR FEATURE)
By Lillis Oliver, Fairmont Daily Sentinel Writer
1st wife: Ann Lee: b. 1809 d. 1834 Bulwell, England
1 son: Henry Alvey b. 1833 - d. 1914 Kansas
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John Alvey, Born in 1807, Left Ancestors in Faribault County
WINNEBAGO - Minnesota Centennial year observance is making folks mindful of pioneer days and people. In many cases it has prompted residents to give thought to their own ancestors who were instrumental in hacking out civilization in the prairie lands we now call home. Many a forgotten family tree has come with branches that represent heroes, prominent civic leaders and other pioneer personages.
Just so, and of interest to many area residents, is the tracing of the ancestors of pioneer resident John Alvey, great-grand-father of Mrs. Wayne Jacobs, and the children of the late Mr and Mrs. Duncan Gray.
John Alvey was born in England in 1807. When a young man he and his wife, English-born Sarah Turpin, brought their family to the United States and settled in the east. They moved to Faribault county in 1861 (they actually moved here in 1856, residing in Guthrie) and located in Delavan township, when only two other white women resided there, both names that are familiar here, Mrs. Thomas Blair and Mrs. George McKay (The Mckay family stayed in Canada until Marion was born and came to Minnesota in 1857).
Alvey served as first postmaster in a building that was located across the road from the Bass Lake school. He was also a county coroner. Although British born, the John Alveys never returned to their native land. Both lie buried in Bass Lake cemetery.
Descendents of this pioneer couple are persons that are familiar locally today.
There were two son, W. T. and Sam Alvey, and four daughters, Mrs. Donald Gray, Mrs. Orson Colby, Mrs. Cyrus Fox and Mrs. Oscar Booth.
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
The News Briefly Chronicled.
John Alvey, one of the oldest settlers of Faribault county, died at his residence at Bass Lake at the age of 84.
Freeborn County Standard; Albert Lea, Minnesota.
April 29, 1891; Page Three.
------------
Married to Sarah Turpin (1814 - 1889)
(John and Sarah are my Great Great Grandparents)
Newspaper Article (July 9, 1958)(ALVEY HISTORY-CENTENNIAL YEAR FEATURE)
By Lillis Oliver, Fairmont Daily Sentinel Writer
1st wife: Ann Lee: b. 1809 d. 1834 Bulwell, England
1 son: Henry Alvey b. 1833 - d. 1914 Kansas
--------------------
John Alvey, Born in 1807, Left Ancestors in Faribault County
WINNEBAGO - Minnesota Centennial year observance is making folks mindful of pioneer days and people. In many cases it has prompted residents to give thought to their own ancestors who were instrumental in hacking out civilization in the prairie lands we now call home. Many a forgotten family tree has come with branches that represent heroes, prominent civic leaders and other pioneer personages.
Just so, and of interest to many area residents, is the tracing of the ancestors of pioneer resident John Alvey, great-grand-father of Mrs. Wayne Jacobs, and the children of the late Mr and Mrs. Duncan Gray.
John Alvey was born in England in 1807. When a young man he and his wife, English-born Sarah Turpin, brought their family to the United States and settled in the east. They moved to Faribault county in 1861 (they actually moved here in 1856, residing in Guthrie) and located in Delavan township, when only two other white women resided there, both names that are familiar here, Mrs. Thomas Blair and Mrs. George McKay (The Mckay family stayed in Canada until Marion was born and came to Minnesota in 1857).
Alvey served as first postmaster in a building that was located across the road from the Bass Lake school. He was also a county coroner. Although British born, the John Alveys never returned to their native land. Both lie buried in Bass Lake cemetery.
Descendents of this pioneer couple are persons that are familiar locally today.
There were two son, W. T. and Sam Alvey, and four daughters, Mrs. Donald Gray, Mrs. Orson Colby, Mrs. Cyrus Fox and Mrs. Oscar Booth.
The News Briefly Chronicled.
John Alvey, one of the oldest settlers of Faribault county, died at his residence at Bass Lake at the age of 84.
Freeborn County Standard; Albert Lea, Minnesota.
April 29, 1891; Page Three.
------------
Married to Sarah Turpin (1814 - 1889)
(John and Sarah are my Great Great Grandparents)
Newspaper Article (July 9, 1958)(ALVEY HISTORY-CENTENNIAL YEAR FEATURE)
By Lillis Oliver, Fairmont Daily Sentinel Writer
1st wife: Ann Lee: b. 1809 d. 1834 Bulwell, England
1 son: Henry Alvey b. 1833 - d. 1914 Kansas
--------------------
John Alvey, Born in 1807, Left Ancestors in Faribault County
WINNEBAGO - Minnesota Centennial year observance is making folks mindful of pioneer days and people. In many cases it has prompted residents to give thought to their own ancestors who were instrumental in hacking out civilization in the prairie lands we now call home. Many a forgotten family tree has come with branches that represent heroes, prominent civic leaders and other pioneer personages.
Just so, and of interest to many area residents, is the tracing of the ancestors of pioneer resident John Alvey, great-grand-father of Mrs. Wayne Jacobs, and the children of the late Mr and Mrs. Duncan Gray.
John Alvey was born in England in 1807. When a young man he and his wife, English-born Sarah Turpin, brought their family to the United States and settled in the east. They moved to Faribault county in 1861 (they actually moved here in 1856, residing in Guthrie) and located in Delavan township, when only two other white women resided there, both names that are familiar here, Mrs. Thomas Blair and Mrs. George McKay (The Mckay family stayed in Canada until Marion was born and came to Minnesota in 1857).
Alvey served as first postmaster in a building that was located across the road from the Bass Lake school. He was also a county coroner. Although British born, the John Alveys never returned to their native land. Both lie buried in Bass Lake cemetery.
Descendents of this pioneer couple are persons that are familiar locally today.
There were two son, W. T. and Sam Alvey, and four daughters, Mrs. Donald Gray, Mrs. Orson Colby, Mrs. Cyrus Fox and Mrs. Oscar Booth.
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