When Isaac Cynosure Abel was born on 10 June 1863, in Atlantic Ocean, his father, Isaac Abel, was 34 and his mother, Ann Methley, was 38. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1863. He died on 5 October 1863, in Green River, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, French, Spanish, and Polish; Slovak (mainly Ábel) and Czech (also Ábel): from the Biblical personal name Abel, Slovak Ábel, which was used in continental Europe from the sixth century. After the Norman Conquest it was introduced to England and Scotland, where it had a brief currency in the 12th and 13th centuries before being revived in England after the Reformation. In the Book of Genesis Abel is a son of Adam, murdered by his brother Cain (Genesis 4:1–8). In Christian tradition he is regarded as a representative of suffering innocence. The Hebrew form of the name is Hebel (Latinized as Abel), from a vocabulary word meaning ‘breath’.
German: from the personal name Abel, a pet form of Albrecht .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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