When Almon Ticknor was born on 21 March 1798, in Alford, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Elijah Tickner, was 34 and his mother, Zilpha Tobey, was 28. He married Electa Pease on 14 November 1821, in Canaan, Columbia, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1860 and Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 26 December 1880, in Paugasset, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 82, and was buried in Elm Street Cemetery, Ansonia, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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English (Kent and Surrey): variant of Tickner . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.
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