When Eber Call was born on 14 July 1791, in Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Call Jr., was 29 and his mother, Fanny Johnson, was 27. He married Violette Lawrence on 10 September 1816, in Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Greenfield Township, Huron, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 December 1864, in Steuben, Huron, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Steuben Cemetery, Steuben, Huron, Ohio, United States.
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Irish: shortened form of McCall .
English: from Middle English calle, cale (Old English cawl) ‘container, basket, net’, commonly used of a kind of hair net, close-fitting cap, or headdress worn by women to cover tied-up hair. The name could have been given as a metonymic occupational name to a maker of women's caps or perhaps of baskets or nets.
English: alternatively, perhaps a nickname from Middle English cale (also calle), a side form of calwe ‘bald’ (from Old English calu).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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