Brief Life History of Harriet
When Harriet Culver was born in 1849, in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Harris Culver, was 30 and her mother, Annie, was 29.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Harriet Culver in household of Charles H Culver, "United States Census, 1860"
- Harriet Culver in household of Harris Culver, "United States Census, 1860"
Parents and Siblings
1820– Male
1821–1870 Female
Siblings (4)
1845– Female
1847– Male
1849– Female
1854– Female
World Events (3)
1863
Age 14
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 14
1868 · Land in Groton Given to US Navy for Navy Station
Age 19
Name Meaning
English (Kent): from Middle English culver, colver ‘dove’ (Old English culfre, Late Latin columbula, a diminutive of columba), which Reaney suggests was used as a term of endearment. It may therefore have been applied as nickname for a lovelorn youth or perhaps for someone who used the expression indiscriminately. Otherwise, it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of doves or a nickname for someone bearing some fancied resemblance to a dove, such as mildness of temper.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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