When James Mineah was born in 1797, in McLean, Groton, Tompkins, New York, United States, his father, John Mineah, was 28 and his mother, Margaret McElheney, was 21. He had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Mary Hart. He lived in Groton, Tompkins, New York, United States in 1850. He died in 1857, at the age of 60, and was buried in McLean, Groton, Tompkins, New York, United States.
Americanized form of German Minnier or Minnir, or of their original French form Minier . The surname Minnier is very rare in Germany, while the variant Minnir is apparently extinct. Compare Manier 3, Mineer , Minnear 1, Minniear , and Mynhier 1.
Cornish: variant of Menear . Compare Minnear 2.
History: The majority of the American Minears trace their origin to the brothers Christian and Johann Georg Minni(e)r or Minier from Germany, who arrived, together with Johann Georg's wife and son, Johann(es) Georg, Jr, in PA in 1732 on the ship Mary of London.
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