When Mary E. Boatman was born on 24 November 1844, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Barnard Barnhart Boatman, was 34 and her mother, Eliza Ward, was 33. She married Jacob L. Reisinger on 28 July 1864. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Morgan Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States for about 60 years. She died on 6 April 1926, at the age of 81, and was buried in Vinton, Huntington Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States.
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English (Essex and Middlesex): occupational name for a boatman, from Middle English Middle English bo(o)t, bote ‘boat’ + man (Old English bāt + mann).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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