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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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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