Brief Life History of Albert Stephen
When Albert Stephen Post was born on 19 August 1867, in Big Run, Wetzel, Virginia, United States, his father, Jacob Post, was 42 and his mother, Rebecca Ann Casto, was 35. He married Martha Rebecca Pumphrey in 1891, in Upshur, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Warren District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States in 1910. He died in Upshur, West Virginia, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Albert S Post in household of Jacob Post, "United States Census, 1880"
- Albert Stephen Post, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Stephen Post in entry for Dowell Post, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
Spouse and Children
1867– Male
1858–1934 Female
Children (2)
1892–1892 Female
1893–1953 Male
Parents and Siblings
1824–1892 Male
1832–1902 Female
Siblings (14)
1854–1930 Female
1855–1934 Male
1856–1937 Male
1858–1884 Male
1860–1913 Male
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World Events (8)
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 1
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Age 27
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 31
Name Meaning
North German, Danish, and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived near a post or pole (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch post, from Latin postis), presumably one of some significance, e.g. serving as a landmark or boundary, or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany called Post, probably from this word.
North German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a messenger or mailman, from post ‘mail’.
Probably also an altered form of German Pfost .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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