Brief Life History of Modena Henrietta
When Modena Henrietta Palmer was born on 27 October 1915, in Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington, United States, her father, James Bennum Palmer, was 44 and her mother, Belle Lawrence, was 38. She lived in Marysville, Yuba, California, United States in 1930 and Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States in 1946. She died in 1990, in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 75.
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- Modena Palmer in household of James Palmer, "United States Census, 1930"
- Palmer, "Washington Birth Records, 1869-1950"
- Mrs Moderna Williams in entry for James B Palmer, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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