Brief Life History of Amelia Frances
When Amelia Frances Newman was born in 1822, in Virginia, United States, her father, Walter Newman Jr., was 40 and her mother, Eleanor Simpson Booten, was 30. She married Allen Pryor on 15 January 1848, in Mason, Mason, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 29 August 1899, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in El Dorado Springs Cemetery, Box Township, Cedar, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (27)
- Amelia F Pryor in household of Allen Pryor, "United States Census, 1860"
- Francis Newman, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Amelia Frances Newman Pryor, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1823–1888 Male
1822–1899 Female
Children (11)
1842– Male
1850–1908 Female
1852–1919 Male
1854–1947 Male
1855–1900 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1782–1868 Male
1792–1879 Female
Siblings (8)
1815–1892 Male
1822–1899 Female
1823–1905 Male
1825–1899 Male
1828– Male
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World Events (8)
1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""
Age 2
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 3
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
Age 22
Name Meaning
English (southern): nickname from Middle English newe ‘new’ (i.e. newly arrived or newly appointed) + man ‘man’ (Old English nīwe + mann).
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘new man, newcomer’, for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neumann , Swedish Nyman , Polish Nowak , Czech or Slovak Novák, Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Novak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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