When Pernitia Permillia Gower was born on 19 November 1850, in Marshfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, her father, Zackious William Gower, was 34 and her mother, Polly Amanda Stewart, was 23. She married Washington Lafayette Popejoy on 23 October 1866, in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Trinchera, Colfax, New Mexico, United States in 1900 and Colfax, New Mexico, United States in 1910. She died on 15 December 1920, in Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Popejoy, Colfax, New Mexico, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1855: Bourbon, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1869: Colfax, New Mexico Territory, United States 1912: Colfax, New Mexico, United States
English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from Gohiere, the Old French form of what is now known as Goelle, the country north of Paris.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Anglo-Norman French Goier, Joier, denoting a man from any of several places in Normandy and Picardy called Gouy, Joué, or Jouy (derived from the Latin personal name Gaudius, Old French Goi, Joi + -acum ‘joy’).
English (of Norman origin): from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, ancient Germanic Godehar, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesPernitia Permillia Gower was born on November 19, 1850 in Marshfield, Wright County, Missouri. Her parents were Zachens Gower and Polly Amanda Stewart-Gower-Moore. She was the first child born t …
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