Brief Life History of Alexander
When Alexander Officer was born in August 1726, in Ulster, Ireland, his father, James Officer, was 32 and his mother, Mary Brandon, was 31. He had at least 2 sons with Mary William. He died on 3 October 1805, in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Old Graveyard, Churchtown, Monroe Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Alexander Officer, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1726–1805 Male
1728–1811 Female
Children (2)
1751–1829 Male
1757–1831 Male
Parents and Siblings
1694–1765 Male
1695–1777 Female
Siblings (7)
1717–1785 Female
1720– Male
1724–1813 Male
1726–1805 Male
1728–1811 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (6)
1750
Age 24
1751
Age 25
1776
Age 50
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: occupational name from Older Scots officiar, Middle English officer ‘servant, retainer’ and ‘officer’ in any of various senses. A kirk officiar in Scotland was an ‘officer charged with keeping order in the church and with enforcing church discipline in the parish’ or ‘beadle or church-servant’. In both Scotland and England the word officer was also used to denote the manager of an estate.
English: perhaps a shortened form of Old French orfroisier, Anglo-Norman French, Middle English orfreiser ‘maker of orphrey (gold-thread embroidery)’. Compare Offer 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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