When Sarah Ann Carver was born on 16 February 1858, in Edgehill, King George, Virginia, United States, her father, John Wesley Carver, was 27 and her mother, Laura Ann Ferrell, was 27. She married Andrew B. Dickerson on 22 December 1883, in King George, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Potomac District, King George, Virginia, United States in 1880.
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English: occupational name from Middle English kerver ‘one who cuts or carves (something)’, especially wood, hence ‘carpenter’ but within that trade more specifically and commonly ‘sculptor of wooden images’; perhaps occasionally ‘sculptor in stone’.
Americanized form of German Garber , Gerber , or Körber (see Koerber ).
History: John Carver (c. 1576–1621), one of the Mayflower Pilgrims, was the first governor of Plymouth Plantation. He was born in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, England. Emigrating to the Netherlands in 1609, he joined the Pilgrims at Leyden.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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