Brief Life History of William Randolph
When William Randolph Suman Sr. was born on 10 January 1818, in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States, his father, William Thomas Suman, was 25 and his mother, Philippina Haller, was 24. He married Rachael Cockey Cromwell on 21 November 1839, in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Maryland, United States in 1870. He died on 15 September 1891, in Buckeystown, Frederick, Maryland, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States.
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Sources (23)
- Wm R Sieman, "United States Census, 1860"
- William Randolph Suman, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
- Wm. R. Suman, "Maryland, Marriages, 1666-1970"
Spouse and Children
1818–1891 Male
1820–1908 Female
Children (11)
1840– Male
1841–1913 Female
about 1844– Female
1846–1929 Female
1848–1876 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1792–1821 Male
1793–1868 Female
Siblings (3)
1817– Female
1818–1891 Male
1820–1877 Male
World Events (7)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 1
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 2
1846
Age 28
Name Meaning
Italian (northern): unexplained.
Croatian, Serbian, and Bosniak (Šuman): topographic name for someone who lived in a wood, derived from Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian šuma ‘wood, forest’. Compare Shuman .
Croatian: altered form, under Italian or Hungarian influence, of Šuman (see 2 above and 4 below), or perhaps a nickname derived from the root of sumnjati ‘doubt, suspicion’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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