When Louisa Archer was born on 13 January 1848, in Hyson Green, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Tucker Archer, was 27 and her mother, Louisa Ann Hatton, was 22. She married Isaac Madison Richardson in 1865, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Radford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Iowa, United States in 1870. She died on 30 October 1884, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 36.
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English and French: from Middle English archere, Anglo-Norman French archer, Old French archier ‘bowman’, hence an occupational name for an archer. This Norman French word partially replaced the native English word bowman in the 14th century. In North America, this surname may have absorbed some cases of European cognates such as French Archier. Compare Larcher .
German: from an agent derivative of Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (from Latin arca ‘chest, box’). This surname is rare in Germany.
Germanized form of Slovenian Arhar: German-influenced patronymic from the personal name Arh (see Arch 3), an old vernacular equivalent of Henry . Alternatively, perhaps a topographic name derived from Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (see 2 above), hence a cognate of Slovenian Rakar (see Raker 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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