William James Weaver

Brief Life History of William James

When William James Weaver was born in 1842, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Washington Weaver, was 36 and his mother, Lovina Fetters, was 32. He died in 1842, in his hometown, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Weaver
1806–1878
Lovina Fetters
1810–1884
Elizabeth Weaver
1831–1888
Joseph Weaver
1831–1832
Amanda Weaver
1833–1899
Susannah Weaver
1835–1845
Lavenia Weaver
1837–1911
George Washington "Wash" Weaver
1839–1873
William James Weaver
1842–1842
Francis Heyer Weaver
1844–1928
Margaret Diana “Maggie’ Weaver
1847–1923
Cyrus Samuel Weaver
1849–1852
Sylvester Blair Weaver
1851–1916
Juniata Junie Weaver
1854–1933

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  • Legacy NFS Source: William James Weaver - Individual or family possessions: birth: 5 March 1842; Newry, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Legacy NFS Source: William James Weaver - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: William James Weaver

Name Meaning

English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).

English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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