Sumner L. Jarvis

Brief Life History of Sumner L.

Sumner L. Jarvis was born in 1806, in Vermont, United States. He married Hannah Miles on 8 March 1832, in Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1860 and Huntington, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1865. He died on 7 October 1866, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in West Stockholm, Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.

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Sumner L. Jarvis
1806–1866
Hannah Miles
1814–1889
Marriage: 8 March 1832
Harriet L Jarvis
1833–1919
Henry Jarvis
1835–
Edwin Jarvis
1837–
Lydia Jarvis
1838–1924
Laura Jarvis
1841–1915
Mary Jarvis
1843–1925
Emily C. Jarvis
1845–1923
Charles Jarvis
1847–
Albert A. Jarvis
1848–
Persis Jarvis
1849–1907

Sources (13)

  • Summer Jarvis, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sumner Jarvis, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sumner Jarvis in entry for Percis J Gibson, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

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World Events (7)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Gervais(e), itself from ancient Germanic Gervas, with gair ‘spear’ as the first element and an uncertain second, perhaps a borrowing of Celtic wass- ‘servant, vassal’. The Latinized name Gervasius was borne by a Christian saint, martyred under the Roman Emperor Domitian, who became one of the patrons of Milan.

English: in Yorkshire, sometimes a habitational name from Jervaulx in East Witton (North Yorkshire). The place takes its name from the river Ure + Old French val, vals ‘valley’.

Americanized form of French Gervais and of its variant Gervaise, cognates of 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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