Brief Life History of Anessteen
When Anessteen Post was born in 1865, in May Hill, Scott Township, Adams, Ohio, United States, her father, Adam Cunningham Post, was 35 and her mother, Hette Peterson, was 28. She married Daniel F. Williams on 4 April 1883, in Highland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870. She died about 1886, at the age of 22.
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Sources (5)
- Annis S Post in household of Adam C Post, "United States Census, 1870"
- Austine Post, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Anessteen Post in household of A C Post, "United States Census, 1880"
Spouse and Children
1864– Male
1865–1886 Female
Children (1)
1885–1961 Female
Parents and Siblings
1830–1903 Male
1837–1909 Female
Siblings (7)
1860–1928 Female
1862–1926 Male
1865–1886 Female
1866–1929 Male
1869–1871 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1865
Age 0
1865 · The Assassination of a President
Age 0
1872 · The First National Park
Age 7
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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