Samuel Main

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Main was born in 1792, in Petersburgh, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, Cpl. Nathan Maine, was 39 and his mother, Deborah York, was 32. He married Elizabeth Steward in 1813. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Girard, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 19 March 1873, in Elk Creek Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hope Cemetery, Cranesville, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Main
1792–1873
Elizabeth Steward
1792–1845
Marriage: 1813
Samuel Main
1812–1886
Nathan Main
1815–1856
Daniel Main
1818–1875
Deborah Maine
1820–1900
Eliphalet Main
1826–1857
Rebecca Main
1830–
Lemuel S. Main
1837–1907

Sources (6)

  • Samuel Main, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Samuel Main, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Samuel Maine in entry for Chancey Maine and Orilla Steward, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

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Name Meaning

Scottish: from a shortened form of the Scandinavian personal name Magnus , which in Older Scots became Manus and Mane.

English (of Norman origin) and French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Ma(g)ino, Meino, from magan ‘strength, might’.

English (of Norman origin): nickname for a large man, from Old French magne, maine ‘great, big’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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