When Alfred Iverson was born on 15 September 1840, in Muscogee, Georgia, United States, his father, William Iverson, was 45 and his mother, Sarah Ann Hand, was 29. He married Estha Brooks about 1865, in Georgia, United States. He lived in Lawrenceville, Henry, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Election Precinct 10 Hardwick, Blount, Alabama, United States in 1900. He died on 9 February 1908, in Etowah, Alabama, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Lebanon Church, Blount, Alabama, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Henry, Alabama, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Iver, Erik, Hjalmer, Lars, Selmer, Thor, Evald, Gunner, Helmer, Ingman, Jarl, Joneen.
Americanized form of Norwegian, Danish, and North German Iversen and of Swedish Ivarsson (see Ivarson ), all cognates of 2 below.
English (Kent and London): patronymic from Old Norse Ívarr, Iwar, Ivar, a compound of either ív ‘yew tree, bow’ or Ing (the name of a god) + ar ‘warrior’ or ‘spear’. Alternatively, the name might be a patronymic from the Welsh male personal name Ifor, itself from British Celtic Iūdomāros ‘lord’ + ‘great’, but if so, it is not clear that it survives today.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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