When Minerva Emma Wade was born on 2 September 1828, in Farmersville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, her father, Moses Wade, was 36 and her mother, Sally Maria Bundy, was 32. She married William Adams Hickman on 1 May 1849. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1849 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 23 December 1918, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Wade (Old English Wada or, via Norman French, from ancient Germanic Wado, of unclear origin but possibly related to Old English wadan ‘to go’).
English: topographic name from Middle English wade ‘ford’ (Old English (ge)wæd ‘ford, especially a tidal crossing’) for someone who lived by a ford, or a habitational name from a place so called, such as Wade Hall in North Cove (Suffolk).
Irish: shortened and altered from Mac Uaid, see McQuaid .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesDaughter, Lerona Minerva Hickman Vanderhoof writes: “Mother's [Minerva Wade Hickman] parents, Moses and Sally Wade, her grandmother, Mary Bundy that died when Joseph and Hyrum Smith were martyred, di …
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