Amos Howard Sweet

Brief Life History of Amos Howard

When Amos Howard Sweet was born on 21 June 1838, in Alburg, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States, his father, Stephen Vanrensselaer Sweet, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Sophronia Straight, was 31. He married Amelia Eunice Joyal on 15 August 1865, in Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Brome, Brome, Quebec, Canada in 1871. He died on 1 March 1919, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80.

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Amos Howard Sweet
1838–1919
Amelia Eunice Joyal
1846–1932
Marriage: 15 August 1865
Warren Edward Sweet
1872–1890
Gertrude Fannie Sweet
1874–1954
Amelia Adeline Sweet
1877–1955

Sources (11)

  • Amos Sweet in household of Stephen R Sweet, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Amos Sweet in entry for Stephen W. Joyal and Gertrude F. Sweet, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
  • Amos Sweet in household of Stephen B Sweet, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (7)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President

Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860

1863

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

Name Meaning

English (Somerset): from the Middle English personal name Swet(e) (Old English Swēt(a) (male), Swēte (female)), or else a nickname from Middle English swet(e), sweyt ‘sweet; pleasing; beloved; attractive’ (Old English swēte, swōt), from which the personal names derive. Compare Swett .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess and French Ledoux ‘the gentle, the sweet’.

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

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