When William Taylor Oliver was born on 5 October 1860, in Arkansas, United States, his father, John W. Oliver, was 28 and his mother, Lucinda J. Coker, was 23. He married Patsey Adaline Cornelia Kidd on 8 June 1882, in Pike, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Pike, Arkansas, United States in 1900 and Thompson Township, Pike, Arkansas, United States in 1910. He died on 4 February 1918, in Arkansas, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in College Hill Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Pike, Arkansas, United States.
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English (northern), southern Scottish, southern French, and German: from the Old French personal name Oliver (modern French Olivier). This became common largely through the influence of the immensely popular narrative poem Chanson de Roland, in which the warrior Oliver is the wise best friend of the doomed hero Roland. The two men were peers at the court of Charlemagne, and the name is probably of ancient Germanic origin. The name ostensibly means ‘olive tree’ (see Oliveira ), but this is almost certainly the result of folk etymology working on an unidentified ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps a cognate of Alvaro . Old Norse Óláf (see Olliff ) and ancient Germanic Alfhari (composed of the elements alf ‘elf’ and hari ‘army’) have also been suggested as sources, but both personal names are difficult to explain phonetically, especially the latter. The Anglo-Norman name has been established in Ireland (Louth) since at least the 14th century, and was reinforced in Ulster and Limerick by migrants from England in the 17th century. The surname is also borne by Jews, apparently as an adoption of the non-Jewish surname.
Catalan: generally a topographic name from oliver ‘olive tree’, but in some instances possibly related to a homonymous personal name (see 1 above).
History: The surname Oliver of French origin (see 1 above) is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.
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