Fidelia Hanmer

Brief Life History of Fidelia

When Fidelia Hanmer was born on 18 April 1849, in Reading, Schuyler, New York, United States, her father, Peter Hanmer, was 38 and her mother, Ruth Anna Bacon, was 40. She married Andrew A Hughey on 25 December 1872, in Sugar Hill, Orange, Schuyler, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Tyrone, Schuyler, New York, United States for about 5 years and Orange, Schuyler, New York, United States for about 35 years. She died on 5 June 1923, in Sugar Hill, Orange, Schuyler, New York, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Sugar Hill, Orange, Schuyler, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew A Hughey
1850–1931
Fidelia Hanmer
1849–1923
Marriage: 25 December 1872
Lena M. Hughey
1874–1949
Minnie Hughey
1876–1877
Bert Lee Hughey
1880–1967
Frank William Hughey
1884–1918
Earl A Hughey
1888–1957

Sources (14)

  • Delia Hughey in household of Andrew Hughey, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Delia Hughey, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
  • Delia Hanmer in entry for Jacob M Cornish, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

World Events (8)

1854

Historical Boundaries 1854: Schuyler, New York, United States

1863

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

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Welsh: habitational name from Hanmer (Flintshire), named with the Old English personal name Hagena + Old English mere ‘lake, pond’. A daughter of Sir David Hanmer, a Welsh judge in the 14th century, was married to the Welsh ruler Owen Glendower, who led the revolt against Henry IV's rule in Wales.

English: habitational name from Anmer (Norfolk), from Old English æned ‘duck’ + mere ‘lake, pond’.

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

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