When Ira Palmer was born on 8 April 1813, in Coxsackie, Greene, New York, United States, his father, Matthew A Palmer, was 32 and his mother, Deborah Palmer, was 27. He married Leah Greene on 22 February 1837, in Greene, Chenango, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Austerlitz, Columbia, New York, United States in 1865 and Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States in 1870. He died on 12 September 1871, at the age of 58.
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The original charter of the city of Troy was enacted 12 April 1816.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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