Brief Life History of John
When John Horner was born on 30 July 1817, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Solomon Horner, was 33 and his mother, Magdalene Kimmel, was 29. He married Nancy Hoffman about 1842. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Jenner Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 5 July 1852, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Jennerstown, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John Horner, "United States Census, 1850"
- John S Horner, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1817–1852 Male
1820–1910 Female
Children (4)
1846–1883 Male
1848–1907 Male
1850–1915 Male
1851–1927 Female
Parents and Siblings
1783–1849 Male
1788–1854 Female
Siblings (7)
1807–1871 Male
1809–1895 Female
1811–1870 Male
1814–1839 Female
1817–1852 Male
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World Events (6)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 2
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 3
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 13
Name Meaning
English (North Yorkshire) and German: from Horn 1 with the agent suffix -er; used either as an occupational name for someone who made or sold small articles made of horn (Middle English hornere), a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘horn’ of land. In the Middle Ages whole horns were used for many purposes: as drinking vessels, as containers, as wind instruments for sounding an alarm and for signalling to others (e.g. when hunting). Pieces of horn were used to make spoons, buttons, combs, handles, decorative tips for rods, and other things. The horner's craft could include making musical horns as well as sheets of translucent horn for windows and for covering books. For example, Thomas Hornar of Petergate in York was paid for ‘hornyng et naillyng’ the superscribed covers of books in York Minster library in 1421.
German (also Hörner): from any of various places called Horn, referring to their location at a spur of land, at a horn shaped piece of land.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Horn 5.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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