When Leland Spencer Palmer was born on 22 February 1898, in Enterprise, Morgan, Utah, United States, his father, George David Palmer, was 32 and his mother, Annetta Hall, was 30. He died on 27 September 1904, in his hometown, at the age of 6, and was buried in Enterprise Cemetery, Enterprise, Morgan, Utah, United States.
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1865–1929 Male
1867–1938 Female
1893–1908 Female
1895–1961 Female
1898–1904 Male
1900–1983 Female
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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