Brief Life History of Amanda Silvana
When Amanda Silvana Nichols was born on 20 May 1837, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Asa Isaiah Nichols, was 40 and her mother, Nancy Kelly, was 33. She married Silas Palmer Van Benschoten in 1860, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Licking Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Perry Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 14 December 1928, in West Freedom, Perry Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 91.
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- Amanda Palmer in household of Silas Palmer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Amanda Palmer in entry for John W. Patton and Phenie or Phenia M. Palmer, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Amanda Palmer in household of John W Patton, "United States Census, 1900"
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World Events (8)
1839
Historical Boundaries 1839: Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Nichol , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Croatian and Serbian Nikolić (see Nikolic ); see also below.
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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