When Henry Card was born on 25 August 1791, in Petersburg, Petersburgh, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, Stephen Card, was 44 and his mother, Ruhena Renewed Briggs, was 39. He married Hannah Hakes. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Vestal, Broome, New York, United States in 1875. He died on 4 January 1879, in Tracy Creek, Vestal, Broome, New York, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Tracy Creek Cemetery, Vestal, Broome, New York, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1806: Broome, New York, United States
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English (Kent and Sussex): perhaps from Middle English carde ‘card’, an implement for teasing wool for spinning (from medieval Latin cardus) and therefore short for Carder or a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wool carders. Alternatively, from Middle English carde ‘playing card’ (Old French carte), also ‘kind of fabric’ (medieval Latin carda), which could have been a nickname given to a card player or a metonymic occupational name for maker and seller of the fabric.
Irish: shortened form of McCard .
French: from a shortened form of the personal name Ricardon, a pet form of Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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