Joseph Sherman Jr.

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Sherman Jr. was born on 11 December 1821, in Edgecomb, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Sherman, was 41 and his mother, Sarah Shawna Dunton, was 41. He married Nancy Frances Huff on 13 March 1853, in Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 24 August 1863, in Edgecomb, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 41, and was buried in Edgecomb, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Sherman Jr.
1821–1863
Nancy Frances Huff
1834–1926
Marriage: 13 March 1853
Everett A Sherman
1854–1886
Emma Lenora Sherman
1855–1951
Joseph Allen Sherman
1859–1928

Sources (10)

  • Joseph Sherman in household of Joseph Sherman, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Joseph Sherman, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
  • Joseph Sherman, "Find A Grave Index"

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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