Brief Life History of Emma A
When Emma A Wyer was born in 1860, in Atchison, Missouri, United States, her father, Pierson V Wyer, was 37 and her mother, Theresa Mathursa Fulton, was 29. She lived in Clay Township, Atchison, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Ema A Wyer in household of P V Wyer, "United States Census, 1860"
- Emma A Wire in household of Percin V Wire, "United States Census, 1870"
Parents and Siblings
1824– Male
1832– Female
Siblings (4)
1860– Female
1860– Male
1863– Female
1868– Male
World Events (8)
1863
Age 3
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 3
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 36
Name Meaning
English: variant of Ware , from Middle English war(e), wer(e) ‘weir, fish trap’. This word developed regularly in early modern English to ware, wear(e), wer(re), weer(e), and weir(e), but it also appears as wier, wyre, and wire, presumably from a Middle English variant wire. The name may have been given to someone employed as a wereward ‘weir-keeper’. See also Weir and Wear .
English: in some cases, this is a habitational name from Wyre Forest or from Wyre Piddle, both in Worcestershire, probably named from a Celtic river name meaning ‘winding river’.
Irish (Westmeath and Offaly): from Mac an Mhaoir ‘son of the steward’; see Weir 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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