When Amelia Eiker was born on 29 June 1814, in Liberty Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, David Meyers Eiker Sr., was 42 and her mother, Nancy Zimmerman, was 35. She married Samuel Hoover on 10 March 1835, in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Hamiltonban Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Noble Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 11 August 1868, in Wabash, Indiana, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Gentry Cemetery, Wayne, Indiana, United States.
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German: from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with agi ‘point, edge (of a sword)’.
Perhaps an altered form of German Eicher .
Norwegian: plural form of Eike .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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