Brief Life History of Joseph H
When Joseph H Foote was born on 24 February 1870, in Newtown Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Gideon Foote Jr., was 35 and his mother, Julia A Webb, was 29. He lived in Newton Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 6 December 1872, in Newton Township, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 2.
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Sources (3)
- Joseph Foote in household of Gideon Foote, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph H Foote - birth: 24 February 1870; Newton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph H Foote - census: 12 August 1870;
Parents and Siblings
1834–1907 Male
1840–1900 Female
Siblings (8)
1861–1950 Male
1861–1864 Male
1865–1930 Female
1867–1880 Male
1870–1872 Male
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World Events (2)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 2
1872 · The Amnesty Act
Age 2
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English fot ‘foot’ (Old English fōt), sometimes translated in medieval documents by Latin cum pede ‘with the foot’. Probably a nickname for someone with a deformity of the foot or with large feet.
English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English personal name Fot, from Old Norse Fótr, originally a nickname with the same sense as 1 above.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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