James Eric Palmer

Brief Life History of James Eric

When James Eric Palmer was born on 10 January 1931, in Shedden, Elgin, Canada West, British North America, his father, Leonard Daniel Palmer, was 33 and his mother, Ruth Gertrude Mann, was 37. He lived in Southwold Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He died on 5 July 1996, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Daniel Palmer
1897–1952
Ruth Gertrude Mann
1893–1953
Edith Ivy
1908–
Clarence Frederick Palmer
1921–1994
Leonard Douglas Palmer
1927–2003
Ralph Palmer
1930–
James Eric Palmer
1931–1996

Sources (2)

  • James Eric Palmer, "Canada Census, 1931"
  • Legacy NFS Source: James Eric Palmer - Family genealogies: death:

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1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election

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1955 · General Motors Auto Workers Strike

From 1955-1956, around 17,000 workers for General Motors went on strike. They wanted a pay raise, more secure working conditions, and a health plan half paid by General Motors. The strike lasted 148 days.

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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