When Samuel Alger was born on 14 February 1786, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Alger, was 35 and his mother, Elisabeth Humes, was 39. He married Clarissa Hancock on 25 February 1808, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1812. In 1870, at the age of 84, his occupation is listed as age 84 a carpenter, wife clarissa 79. living with sil francis whitney 65, daughter clarissa 40, grandchildren new sam 19, eli 17, job 15, ira 13. in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. He died on 24 September 1874, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Alger. Pronounced with a soft g it is from Old French Alg(i)er, Aug(i)er (ancient Germanic Adalgari, composed of the elements adal ‘noble’ + gāri ‘spear’); see Auger . Pronounced with a hard g, it is a variant of Algar .
Scottish and English: in Scotland, Alger may be a variant of Algeo .
German: from a shortened form of the ancient Germanic personal name Adalgar (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesPIONEERS OF SALT LAKE VALLEY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1848 Samuel Alger was born February 14, 1786 in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Alger and Elizabeth Hume Alger. C …
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