Brief Life History of Sylvester Blair
When Sylvester Blair Weaver was born on 18 June 1851, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Washington Weaver, was 45 and his mother, Lovina Fetters, was 41. He married Anna Martha Wike on 26 March 1874, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Freedom Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Blair Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died on 24 January 1916, in Newry, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Newry Lutheran Cemetery, Newry, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Sylvester Weaver in household of George Weaver, "United States Census, 1870"
- S.b. Weaver in entry for Frank R. Weaver and Bertie C. Lykens, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Sylvester Weaver in household of Geo Weaver, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1851–1916 Male
1855–1887 Female
Children (4)
1876–1937 Female
1877–1953 Male
1879–1978 Female
1884–1940 Male
Parents and Siblings
1806–1878 Male
1810–1884 Female
Siblings (12)
1831–1888 Female
1831–1832 Male
1833–1899 Female
1835–1845 Female
1837–1911 Female
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 12
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
Age 12
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 19
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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