William A Farmer
30 May 1863–
Grayson, Virginia, United States
The Life Summary of William A
When William A Farmer was born on 30 May 1863, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, his father, Joseph W Farmer, was 42 and his mother, Susannah Spence, was 39.
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Family Time Line
Joseph W Farmer
1820–1878
Susannah Spence
1823–1885
Alanson L Farmer
1842–1913
Thompson Farmer
1842–
Nancy Farmer
1845–1899
Elizabeth Farmer
1847–1872
Amanda Melvina Farmer
1850–1923
Lucinda Farmer
1852–
Elizabeth Farmer
1853–1859
Eli Farmer
1854–1933
Elijah Farmer
1858–
Joseph Barnett Farmer
1860–
William A Farmer
1863–
James Wilson Farmer
1868–1942
Parents and Siblings
1820–1878Male
1823–1885Female
Siblings
(12)
1842–1913Male
1842–Male
1845–1899Female
1847–1872Female
1850–1923Female
+7 More Children
World Events (3)
1864 · Arlington Cemetery
Age 1
1864 · Arlington Cemetery
Age 1
Arlington Cemetery is a military cemetery. It was originally a plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. This is the location of Robert E. Lee, 16,000 Civil War soldiers, William Howard Taft, John, Jackie, Robert, and Edward Kennedy. The tomb of the unknown soldier is also located here it was dedicated on November 11, 1921. It contains the remains of those soldiers unknown from WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
1865
Age 2
1865
Age 2
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
Age 2
1865 · The Assassination of a President
Age 2
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English fermo(u)r, fermer and Anglo-Norman French fermer (Old French fermier, medieval Latin firmarius). The term denoted in the first instance a tax farmer, one who undertook the collection of taxes, revenues, and imposts, paying a fixed (Latin firmus) sum for the proceeds, and only secondarily someone who rented land for the purpose of cultivation; it was not applied to an owner of cultivated land before the 17th century.Irish: Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Mac an Scolóige ‘son of the husbandman’, a rare surname of northern and western Ireland.Americanized form (translation into English) of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered form Therrien . Compare Pharmer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Terrien
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