When Ann Augusta Palmer was born on 8 July 1815, in Genoa, Cayuga, New York, United States, her father, Wines Palmer, was 20 and her mother, Eliza Lyon, was 16. She married Philo Clark MD on 20 July 1836, in Genoa, Cayuga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 3 November 1870, at the age of 55, and was buried in West Genoa Cemetery, King Ferry, Cayuga, New York, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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.
Possible Related NamesFrom: Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Clair County Illinois by Chapman Bros. 1892 Chicago A. T. CLARK, a well-known citizen of St. Clair County, is the present manager of the store owned by …
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