Brief Life History of Clara Erb
When Clara Erb Moyer was born on 28 March 1867, in Illinois, United States, her father, Michael E. Moyer, was 37 and her mother, Abbigale F. Neitz, was 30. She married Albert Henry Goodwin on 18 May 1893, in Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Manhattan, Will, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 November 1898, in Will, Illinois, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Elwood, Will, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Clarra Moyer in household of Michael Moyer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Clara E Moyer, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Clara E. Moyer Goodwin, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1868–1954 Male
1867–1898 Female
Children (1)
1894–1905 Female
Parents and Siblings
1829–1920 Male
1836–1883 Female
Siblings (5)
1860–1916 Female
1867–1898 Female
1874–1874 Male
1874–1874 Male
1877–1882 Female
World Events (8)
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 1
1871
Age 4
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 9
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Meyer or Mayer .
French: status name for a sharecropper, from an angent derivative of Old French moie ‘half’.
In some cases also an Americanized form of Dutch Mooijer: surname associated with Maaijer, an occupational name for a mower or reaper (see Maier ). However, almost all bearers come from Volendam (North Holland), where the surname originated as Pooijer, possibly a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman (peurder) or a nickname for someone carrying a ponjaard ‘dagger’. The surname was changed to Mooijer due to the connotation with Dutch pooier ‘bully, fancy-man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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