Brief Life History of Amanda
When Amanda Eastman was born on 26 March 1817, in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, her father, John Eastman, was 33 and her mother, Hannah Fellows, was 37. She married Levi R. Meader on 24 December 1837, in New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 24 March 1888, at the age of 70.
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Sources (41)
- Amanda Meader in household of Levi Meader, "United States Census, 1860"
- Amanda Eastman, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Amanda Eastman, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
Spouse and Children
1813–1885 Male
1817–1888 Female
Children (9)
1840–1915 Male
1842–1930 Male
1844–1870 Male
1845–1916 Female
1847–1927 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1784– Male
1779– Female
Siblings (9)
1800–1825 Male
1806–1861 Male
1808–1896 Female
1810–1892 Female
1814–1892 Male
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 2
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
Age 16
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 19
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Estmund (Old English Ēastmund, from ēast ‘east’ + mund ‘protection’). See also Esmond .
English: occasionally a variant of Heasman, a topographic name for a dweller ‘(in the) brushwood’, from Old English hǣse ‘brushwood’ + mann (compare Hayes 3).
Americanized form (translation into English) of Swedish Östman (see Ostman ) and North German Ostmann or Östmann (see Oestmann ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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