George Brinton Painter

Brief Life History of George Brinton

When George Brinton Painter was born on 22 January 1840, in Concord, Fannett Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Darwin Painter, was 19 and his mother, Sarah Peirce, was 19. He married Emma J Thatcher on 12 April 1865. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Darby Borough, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 3 May 1915, at the age of 75, and was buried in Concordville, Concord Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Brinton Painter
1840–1915
Emma J Thatcher
1845–1889
Marriage: 12 April 1865
Howard Thatcher Painter
1866–1949

Sources (15)

  • George B Painter in household of Mary C Carr, "United States Census, 1910"
  • George B Painter, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • George Brinton Painter, "Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950"

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World Events (7)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English peintour, painter, peintir, penter, pointour (Old French peintour, paintour) ‘painter of images (on walls, screens, shields, etc.), colorist (of statues, figurines, chests, etc.), artist’. In the Middle Ages the walls of both great and minor churches were covered with painted decorations, and Reaney and Wilson note that in 1308 Hugh le Peyntour and Peter the Pavier were employed ‘making and painting the pavement’ at Saint Stephen's Chapel, Westminster. The name is widespread in England.

Americanized form of German Bender . Compare Bainter .

Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Pajntar or Panjtar, topographic names from the field name Pajnta or Na Pajnti, which is derived from Middle High German biunt(e) ‘fenced agricultural land’ (compare German Paintner ), or perhaps from Bavarian Middle High German pant ‘band’ (compare Panter 4).

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

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