When Don Alonzo Ames was born on 23 December 1844, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, his father, Ellis Augustus Eames, was 35 and his mother, Olive Jane Gibbs, was 29. He married Malinda Vance Jones on 4 December 1870, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Azusa, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1880 and San Bernardino Judicial Township, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1900. He died on 12 June 1925, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.
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English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Amis or from the feminine form, Amice. The Old French word amis, is from Latin amicus ‘friend’, which was used in Late Latin as a term for a man of the lower classes, in particular a slave. There were also derivatives of this as personal names, in particular masculine Amicius and feminine Amicia. Both were in use as personal names in England and may have contributed to the surname.
German: perhaps a nickname for an active person, from an ancient Germanic word related to Old High German amazzig ‘busy’.
Dutch: possibly a patronymic from Ame a common personal name in Holland and Friesland, an abbreviated form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps beginning with amel ‘strong’.
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Possible Related NamesDon Alonzo Ames BIRTH 23 Dec 1844 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA DEATH 12 Jun 1925 (aged 80) San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA BURIAL Pioneer Memorial Cemetery San Bernardino, …
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