Brief Life History 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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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"
Spouse and Children
1798–1845 Male
1805–1881 Female
Children (5)
1825–1864 Male
1827–1828 Female
1830–1916 Female
1840–1916 Male
1843–1926 Female
Parents and Siblings
1780–1853 Male
1786–1884 Female
Siblings (8)
1805–1881 Female
1807–1900 Male
1816–1887 Female
1818–1840 Male
1820–1883 Male
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World Events (8)
1808
Age 3
1818
Age 13
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 20
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.
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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 …
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