Brief Life History of James
When James Hamer was born on 12 September 1837, in Tottington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Hamer Sr., was 34 and his mother, Jane Thornley, was 35. He lived in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 7 January 1887, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Hamer in household of Jane Hamer, "United States Census, 1860"
- James Hamer, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Hamer, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place in Rochdale, Lancashire, named Hamer, from Old English hamor ‘cliff’.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Amer 3 with prosthetic H-.
Dutch: from hamer ‘hammer’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of hammers or a user of a hammer, for example a blacksmith.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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