Amelia Carver

Brief Life History of Amelia

When Amelia Carver was born on 25 November 1856, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Oliver Carver, was 28 and her mother, Frances Beall, was 24. She married Rodney King North on 8 April 1884, in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Posey Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Patriot, Posey Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States in 1910. She died on 23 February 1919, in Warsaw, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in New Warsaw Cemetery, Warsaw, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rodney King North
1850–1920
Amelia Carver
1856–1919
Marriage: 8 April 1884
Angie Beal North
1885–1895

Sources (12)

  • Amelia Carver in household of Oliver Carver, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Angelia Carver, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Amelia North, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

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World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English kerver ‘one who cuts or carves (something)’, especially wood, hence ‘carpenter’ but within that trade more specifically and commonly ‘sculptor of wooden images’; perhaps occasionally ‘sculptor in stone’.

Americanized form of German Garber , Gerber , or Körber (see Koerber ).

History: John Carver (c. 1576–1621), one of the Mayflower Pilgrims, was the first governor of Plymouth Plantation. He was born in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, England. Emigrating to the Netherlands in 1609, he joined the Pilgrims at Leyden.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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