Researching David Townsend
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12721 people with the Townsend surname? In that year Townsend was ranked number 314 for popularity in the UK. |
The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Townsend and the Townsend Family Tree
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David Townsend (Devon cricketer)
David Edward John Townsend (born 26 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Townsend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tiverton, Devon.
Townsend made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1993 to 2002, he represented the county in 10 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1993. He played one further Trophy match for Devon, which came in 2002 against Wiltshire.
He also represented Devon in a single List A match against Derbyshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he scored 29 runs before being bowled by Matthew Vandrau.
His younger brother, Gareth, played first-class cricket for Somerset. He also played List A cricket for Surrey, Devon and a combined Minor Counties team.
Source: David Townsend (Devon cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaDavid Wood Townsend
David Wood Townsend (July 18, 1844 – March 8, 1912) was an American builder.
Townsend was a business owner and builder in Western Iowa. Starting out representing Knapp, Stout & Co. Lumber, he later owned and operated several Townsend Bros. Lumber Yards both in Iowa and Nebraska. In 1882, he oversaw the building of the Plymouth County Bank building. In 1884, Townsend and J. M. Starbuck contracted to build the Ida County Courthouse. In 1884, Townsend was contracted to build the school house at Cherokee, Iowa. In 1886, Townsend contracted and oversaw the building of the Marshall County Courthouse (Iowa) and the court house at Council Bluffs and built a hotel at Sioux City. That same year he also added another story to the Sioux City Journal building in Sioux City. In 1898, he contracted with Cutting & Willett and K of P Lodge at Oto, Woodbury county, Iowa to build a two story brick building with the lodge taking the top floor.
Some of the buildings are listed in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa.
He also owned several general mercantile stores including one at Melrose, Iowa and another one at Granville, Iowa. He also owned and operated a mercantile establishment at Edgerton, Minnesota.
In the 1890s, Townsend owned the ACME Real Estate and Exchange Co., of Cherokee, Iowa.
He also managed the Cherokee Brick and Tile Works in the 1890s after his partner John M. Starbuck left for the Klondike Gold Rush. They supplied over 10,000,000 bricks for the Cherokee Mental Health Institute Insane Asylum.
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