Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Ames was born on 5 July 1848, in Lake Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Ira V Ames, was 43 and her mother, Sarah J Johntson, was 34. She died on 14 June 1850, in her hometown, at the age of 1.
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- Hannah Ames in household of Ira Ames, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hannah Ames birth and death recorded in journal of Ira Ames
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Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Amis or from the feminine form, Amice. The Old French word amis, is from Latin amicus ‘friend’, which was used in Late Latin as a term for a man of the lower classes, in particular a slave. There were also derivatives of this as personal names, in particular masculine Amicius and feminine Amicia. Both were in use as personal names in England and may have contributed to the surname.
German: perhaps a nickname for an active person, from an ancient Germanic word related to Old High German amazzig ‘busy’.
Dutch: possibly a patronymic from Ame a common personal name in Holland and Friesland, an abbreviated form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps beginning with amel ‘strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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