When William Moroni Palmer was born on 10 December 1846, in Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, Abraham Palmer, was 39 and his mother, Patience Delila Pierce, was 37. He married Mary Ann Mellor on 13 December 1868, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1911 and Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 25 January 1929, in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Temple Hill Cemetery, Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.
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Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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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.
Possible Related NamesA BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM MORONI PALMER (1846-1929) Written by his son and daughter, Asael E. Palmer and Ada A. Palmer (Orgill) When the Pilgrims from England settled at Plymouth, Massac …
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