Brief Life History of Clarence R.
When Clarence R. Grassmyer was born in August 1892, in Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Elisha Bratton Grassmyer, was 47 and his mother, Elizabeth Hannah Krepps, was 45. He lived in Union Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900.
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- Clarence R Grassmier in household of Elisha B Grassmier, "United States Census, 1900"
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Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Grassmeyer (or of any of its like-sounding cognates): distinguishing name for a tenant farmer (see Meyer ) who lived by a meadow or, in some cases, was in charge of the communal meadows, from Middle High German gras ‘grass, pasture’. The surname Grassmeyer is very rare in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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