Brief Life History of Monroe Frank
When Monroe Frank Moyer was born on 14 March 1863, in Wayne Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Trussell Morey, was 33 and his mother, Mary C Symonds, was 28. He married Mary Annie Schneck in 1889. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Washington Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 6 March 1944, at the age of 80, and was buried in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Monroe Moyer, "United States Census, 1940"
- Monroe Frank Moyer, "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Monroe F Moyer in entry for Jacob I Moyer and Mabel L Freeman, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
Spouse and Children
1863–1944 Male
1868– Female
Children (3)
1890– Female
1895– Male
1898– Female
Parents and Siblings
1830–1904 Male
1834–1913 Female
Siblings (4)
1858–1936 Female
1859– Female
1863–1944 Male
1868–1952 Female
World Events (8)
1865
Age 2
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 14
1886
Age 23
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Meyer or Mayer .
French: status name for a sharecropper, from an angent derivative of Old French moie ‘half’.
In some cases also an Americanized form of Dutch Mooijer: surname associated with Maaijer, an occupational name for a mower or reaper (see Maier ). However, almost all bearers come from Volendam (North Holland), where the surname originated as Pooijer, possibly a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman (peurder) or a nickname for someone carrying a ponjaard ‘dagger’. The surname was changed to Mooijer due to the connotation with Dutch pooier ‘bully, fancy-man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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