Brief Life History of Alexander Miner
When Colonel Alexander Miner York was born on 7 July 1838, in Byron, Ogle, Illinois, United States, his father, Miner Manassah York Jr, was 28 and his mother, Margery Irvine, was 20. He married Juliette Preston on 4 March 1861, in Ogle, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Denver, Colorado, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 25 February 1928, in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Alexander York in household of M M York, "United States Census, 1860"
- Alexander M York, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Alexander M. York, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1838–1928 Male
1853–1921 Female
Children (5)
1873– Female
1880–1949 Male
1883–1884 Female
1895–1923 Male
1899– Male
Parents and Siblings
1809–1892 Male
1818–1898 Female
Siblings (7)
1838–1928 Male
1840–1873 Male
1842–1863 Male
1845–1920 Male
1847–1914 Female
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 8
1848 · The California Gold Rush
Age 10
1863
Age 25
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of York in northern England. The surname is now widespread throughout England. Originally, the city bore the Latin name Eburacum, which is probably from a Brittonic name meaning ‘yew-tree place’. This was altered by folk etymology to Old English Eoforwīc (from the elements eofor ‘wild boar’ + wīc ‘specialized farmstead’). This name was taken over by Scandinavian settlers, who altered it back to opacity in the form Jórvík or Jórk (English York, which became finally settled as the placename in the 13th century). The surname has also been adopted by Jews as an Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
In some cases also an American shortened and altered form of the East Slavic patronymic Yurkovich or its Croatian, Slovak, or Slovenian variants. Compare Yurk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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