Brief Life History of Lydia Angeline
When Lydia Angeline Sherman was born in 1831, in Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States, her father, John Alley Sherman, was 24 and her mother, Ruth Godfrey Jackson, was 21. She married Lucian Williams on 16 February 1854. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1850. She died on 12 December 1866, in Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Angie Williams in household of John Sherman, "United States Census, 1860"
- Angeline Lydia Sherman, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Lydia Angeline Sherman Williams, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1833–1892 Male
1831–1866 Female
Children (3)
1855– Male
1861–1950 Female
1863–1930 Male
Parents and Siblings
1807–1887 Male
1810–1898 Female
Siblings (12)
1831–1866 Female
1832–1860 Male
1834–1924 Female
1835–1863 Male
1838–1911 Male
+7 More Children
World Events (7)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Age 1
1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered
Age 1
1842 · Webster–Ashburton Treaty
Age 11
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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