Brief Life History of Jacob Thomas
When Jacob Thomas Sherman was born on 27 January 1856, in Beaver Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Peter Sherman, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Swank, was 38. He married Malinda Elizabeth Swank about 1883, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 14 December 1937, in Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Jacob Sherman, "United States Census, 1920"
- Jacob Sherman in entry for Oliver F. Hunsinger and Annie A. Sherman, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Jacob Sherman, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1856–1937 Male
1864–1937 Female
Children (11)
1882–1950 Female
1886–1970 Male
1887– Female
1889– Female
1891–1971 Female
+6 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1809–1884 Male
1817–1910 Female
Siblings (12)
1835–1920 Female
1837–1900 Male
1840–1895 Male
1842– Female
1845–1919 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1863
Age 7
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
Age 7
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 25
Name Meaning
English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.
Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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