When Mary Wymer was born about 1824, in Upshur, Virginia, United States, her father, Jacob Wimer, was 31 and her mother, Anna Mary Rexrode, was 23. She married Elias Bennett in 1846, in Lewis, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died after 1880, in Warren District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States.
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“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English (Norfolk): from the Middle English personal name Wymer, Old English Wīgmǣr (composed of the elements wīg ‘war’ + mǣr ‘famous’), reinforced by the cognate ancient Germanic form Wigmar, introduced into England from France by the Normans. Compare Wimmer 5. Among the Normans, this name became confused with an Old Breton personal name, Wiumarch, composed of the elements uuiu ‘worthy’ + march ‘horse’.
Altered form of German Weimer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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