Aaron York Sr

Brief Life History of Aaron

When Aaron York Sr was born on 16 October 1801, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, his father, John York Jr, was 23 and his mother, Hannah Hammer, was 19. He married Mary Ann Leakey in 1819, in Henry, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Dudley Township, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1840 and Butler Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died on 26 September 1857, in Miami, Deer Creek Township, Miami, Indiana, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Peoria Cemetery, Peoria, Butler Township, Miami, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Aaron York Sr
1801–1857
Mary Ann Leakey
1800–1873
Marriage: 1819
William York
1824–1850
Jesse R York
1828–1885
Margaret Elizabeth York
1838–1870
Aaron Sylvester York
1846–1923
Faraba Saba York
1831–
Elmira York
1832–
Susanne York
1834–1869
Abigail York
1836–
Losada York
1837–1917
Mary Ann York
1840–1903
Sarah J. York
1843–1917

Sources (8)

  • Aaron York, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Aaron York, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Aaron York in entry for Sarah York, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1804 · Walton War

The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from the city of York in northern England. The surname is now widespread throughout England. Originally, the city bore the Latin name Eburacum, which is probably from a Brittonic name meaning ‘yew-tree place’. This was altered by folk etymology to Old English Eoforwīc (from the elements eofor ‘wild boar’ + wīc ‘specialized farmstead’). This name was taken over by Scandinavian settlers, who altered it back to opacity in the form Jórvík or Jórk (English York, which became finally settled as the placename in the 13th century). The surname has also been adopted by Jews as an Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.

In some cases also an American shortened and altered form of the East Slavic patronymic Yurkovich or its Croatian, Slovak, or Slovenian variants. Compare Yurk .

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

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