Brief Life History of Philemon B.
When Philemon B. Albert was born about 1842, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Aaron Albert, was 26 and his mother, Harriet Barney, was 21. He lived in Springfield Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 5 April 1863, at the age of 22, and was buried in At Sea.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Philomen Albert in household of Aaron Albert, "United States Census, 1850"
- Philemon Albert, "United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891"
- Philemon B Albert, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1818–1919 Male
1823–1912 Female
Siblings (2)
1841–1919 Male
1842–1863 Male
World Events (3)
1846
Age 4
1863
Age 21
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
Age 21
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Camille, Fernand, Lucien, Marcel, Normand, Cecile, Adrien, Armand, Henri, Jacques, Alban, Andre.
French, English, German, Catalan, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Slovak, Czech, Croatian, Slovenian, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and Mauritian: from the personal name Albert, composed of the ancient Germanic elements adal ‘noble’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. The standard German form is Albrecht . The name was borne by several Christian saints, notably Saint Albert of Prague, a Bohemian prince who died a martyr in 997 attempting to convert the Prussians to Christianity, and Saint Albert the Great (c. 1193–1280), an Aristotelian theologian and tutor of Thomas Aquinas. In more recent times it has been adopted as a Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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