Brief Life History of Prudence
When Prudence Ackerman was born in June 1856, in Caton, Steuben, New York, United States, her father, Richard Ackerman, was 32 and her mother, Caroline Emily Tobey, was 24. She married Eli William Beeman on 31 October 1869, in Caton, Steuben, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in August 1920, in Beltrami, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 64.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Prudy Beman in household of Oliver Beman, "United States Census, 1870"
- Jennie Ackerman, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Jennie Ackerman in entry for Elva S. Burman and Ethel Mcgregor, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
Spouse and Children
1855–1895 Male
1856–1920 Female
Children (7)
1880– Female
1882– Male
1884– Male
1887– Male
1889–1889 Male
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1825– Male
1832–1903 Female
Siblings (6)
1856–1927 Male
1856–1920 Female
1859–1924 Female
1861– Female
1862– Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1863
Age 7
1866
Age 10
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 19
Name Meaning
Dutch: occupational name from akkerman ‘farmer, plowman’ (from akker ‘field’ + man ‘man’). Compare Akkerman , Aukerman , and Ockerman .
English: from Middle English acreman ‘cultivator of the soil, plowman’ (Old English æcerman, from æcer ‘field, acre’ + man ‘man’). Typically, an acreman was a bond tenant of a manor holding half a virgate of arable land, for which he paid by serving as a plowman. The term was also used generically to denote a plowman or husbandman.
Americanized form of German Ackermann 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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