Brief Life History of Henry Clay
When Henry Clay Palmer was born on 15 February 1841, in West Winfield, Winfield, Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, Walter Palmer, was 29 and his mother, Rachel Smith, was 29. He married Amelia H. Warner on 27 March 1866, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Rome, Oneida, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 6 October 1909, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States.
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- Henry Palmer in household of Walter Palmer, "United States Census, 1860"
- Henry Clay Palmer, "Find A Grave Index"
- Henry C Palmer, "United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870
The New York State Legislature converted the Town of Rome into a city on February 23, 1870.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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