Brief Life History of Samuel Ryerson
When Samuel Ryerson Ames was born on 14 November 1827, in Frome, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Ames, was 34 and his mother, Lucinda Slade, was 30. He married Mary Foster on 26 December 1848, in Newcastle, Canada West, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1891 and Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 28 December 1905, in Ethel, Huron, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 78, and was buried in Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Huron, Ontario, Canada.
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- Samuel Omes, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Sand Ames, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Samuel Ames, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1845
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Amis or from the feminine form, Amice. The Old French word amis, is from Latin amicus ‘friend’, which was used in Late Latin as a term for a man of the lower classes, in particular a slave. There were also derivatives of this as personal names, in particular masculine Amicius and feminine Amicia. Both were in use as personal names in England and may have contributed to the surname.
German: perhaps a nickname for an active person, from an ancient Germanic word related to Old High German amazzig ‘busy’.
Dutch: possibly a patronymic from Ame a common personal name in Holland and Friesland, an abbreviated form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps beginning with amel ‘strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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