Brief Life History of George
When George Admire was born in 1787, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Henry L. Admire, was 22 and his mother, Eleanor, was 22. He married Sarah Lock on 2 June 1800, in Shelby, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Union Township, Parke, Indiana, United States in 1850.
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- George Admire in household of Margaret Tiggens, "United States Census, 1850"
- George Admire, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- George Admire, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1792 · Becomes the 15th State
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains
1816
Indiana is the 19th state.
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of an unidentified German surname, possibly South German or Austrian Ettmayer or Edmaier, which is a topographic name for a farmer living near or on previously uncultivated land, from the noun Ed ‘uncultivated land’ + mayer, meyer ‘farmer’; see Meyer . Alternatively, it may be an Americanized form of North German Erdmeier, literally ‘earth farmer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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