Lydia Ackerman

3 May 1805–8 August 1881 (Age 76)
Galway, Saratoga, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Lydia

When Lydia Ackerman was born on 3 May 1805, in Galway, Saratoga, New York, United States, her father, Obadiah Ackerman, was 24 and her mother, Saloma Lewis, was 19. She married Silas Knapp in July 1821, in Jefferson, Jefferson, Schoharie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 8 August 1881, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Silas Knapp
1798–1845
Lydia Ackerman
1805–1881
Marriage: July 1821
Albert Knapp
1825–1864
Melvina Knapp
1827–1828
Marinda Melvina Knapp
1830–1916
William Knapp
1840–1916
Emma Amelia Knapp
1843–1926

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    July 1821Jefferson, Jefferson, Schoharie, New York, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1808
    Age 3
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1818
    Age 13
    Illinois is the 21st state.
    1825 · The Crimes Act
    Age 20
    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    Name Meaning

    Dutch: occupational name from akkerman ‘farmer, plowman’ (from akker ‘field’ + man ‘man’). Compare Akkerman , Aukerman , and Ockerman .English: from Middle English acreman ‘cultivator of the soil, plowman’ (Old English æcerman, from æcer ‘field, acre’ + man ‘man’). Typically, an acreman was a bond tenant of a manor holding half a virgate of arable land, for which he paid by serving as a plowman. The term was also used generically to denote a plowman or husbandman.Americanized form of German Ackermann 1.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Acker
    Aukerman
    Ackermann
    Auckerman
    Akkerman
    Acreman

    Story Highlight

    Albert Knapp

    Albert Knapp (1825-1864) Rozina Shepard Knapp Francis Hyer (1829-1882) Albert Knapp was born July 10, 1825 in Antworp, Jefferson, New York to Silas and Lydia Knapp. As a young man he joined the fron …

    Sources (24)

    • Lydia Carlson in household of George Carlson, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Lydia Akerman in entry for Marinda Melvina Glazier, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
    • Lydia Coulson in household of Lewis Clazier, "United States Census, 1870"

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