Brief Life History of Cornelia
When Cornelia Pulver was born on 5 September 1822, in Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Petrus Pulver, was 38 and her mother, Lovina Conklin, was 35. She married David Botsford Fitzwater on 3 December 1843, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Prattsburgh, Steuben, New York, United States in 1880 and Prattsburgh, Prattsburgh, Steuben, New York, United States in 1892. She died on 19 January 1896, in Italy Hill, Italy, Yates, New York, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Italy, Yates, New York, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Cornelia Fitzwater in household of C T Hibbard, "New York State Census, 1875"
- Cornelia Fitzwater, "New York State Census, 1892"
- Cornelia Fitzwater, "New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009"
Spouse and Children
1817–1872 Male
1822–1895 Female
Children (3)
1846–0001 BC Male
1847– Male
1847–1924 Female
Parents and Siblings
1784–1852 Male
1787–1857 Female
Siblings (7)
1807– Female
1812–1873 Female
1816–1869 Male
1816–1877 Female
1818–1875 Male
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World Events (8)
1823
Age 1
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 3
1846
Age 24
Name Meaning
German, Swiss German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German pulver ‘ash, dust’ (of Latin origin), German Pulver ‘powder’; a metonymic occupational name for an apothecary or herbalist who dispensed various types of medicinal powder. From the 15th century it may alternatively have denoted a manufacturer of gunpowder.
Possibly also a shortened form of Flemish Van Pulver: habitational name for someone from a place called Pulver (meaning ‘dust’; compare 1 above), for example in Wormhout in West Flanders.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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