When Alice Hartwell was born in 1848, in New York, United States, her father, Orimil Hartwell, was 62 and her mother, Amma Mudge, was 43. She had at least 1 daughter. She lived in Newfane, Niagara, New York, United States in 1855 and Hartland, Niagara, New York, United States for about 5 years.
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English (West Midlands): habitational name from any of several places called Hartwell (Staffordshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, and Devon), all named with Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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