Brief Life History of Asa Parker
When Asa Parker Sherman was born on 27 May 1813, in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Ephraim Sherman, was 32 and his mother, Lydia Elvira Parker, was 27. He married Emily Celia Ann Boutelle on 6 April 1840, in Hancock, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States in 1857 and Verona Township, Faribault, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years. He died on 30 June 1889, in Winnebago, Faribault, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Winnebago, Faribault, Minnesota, United States.
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- Asa P. Sherman in entry for Carolous Boutell Sherman, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- A P Sherman, "Minnesota State Census, 1875"
- Asa P. Sherman, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
Spouse and Children
1813–1889 Male
1819–1882 Female
Children (7)
1842–1842 Male
1844–1903 Female
1844–1903 Male
1847–1852 Male
1850–1851 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1780–1856 Male
1786–1852 Female
Siblings (9)
1813–1889 Male
1815–1877 Male
1816–1881 Male
1817–1819 Male
1819–1851 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 6
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 7
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 23
Name Meaning
English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.
Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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