Brief Life History of John
When John Palmer was born in 1807, in Belfast Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Palmer, was 34 and his mother, Betheny Pittman, was 28. He married Lucinda Mellott about 1840, in Belfast Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Belfast Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died in 1871, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John Palmer, “United States Census, 1850”
- John Palmer in entry for Henry Pack Palmer and Elizabeth Hill, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- John Parmer, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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