Brief Life History of Alice Aley Ann
When Alice Aley Ann Post was born on 14 October 1808, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, her father, John Franklin Post, was 38 and her mother, Mary, was 38. She married Archibald McEachern Sr. on 16 August 1826, in Fayette, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in District 496, Fayette, Georgia, United States for about 20 years and District 709, Fayette, Georgia, United States in 1880. She died on 23 January 1891, in Fayette, Georgia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Fayetteville City Cemetery, Fayetteville, Fayette, Georgia, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Aley Eachem in household of Archibald M Eachem, "United States Census, 1850"
- Aley Mc Eachern, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Aley Post in entry for Martha Ann Clark, "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927"
Spouse and Children
1791–1868 Male
1808–1891 Female
Children (13)
1828–1859 Male
1830–1862 Male
1831–1922 Female
1833–1895 Male
1835–1874 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1769–1839 Male
1770–1850 Female
Siblings (2)
1806–1885 Female
1808–1891 Female
World Events (8)
1812
Age 4
1821
Age 13
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 22
Name Meaning
North German, Danish, and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived near a post or pole (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch post, from Latin postis), presumably one of some significance, e.g. serving as a landmark or boundary, or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany called Post, probably from this word.
North German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a messenger or mailman, from post ‘mail’.
Probably also an altered form of German Pfost .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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