Alice M Palmeter

Female14 March 1858–18 March 1920

Brief Life History of Alice M

When Alice M Palmeter was born on 14 March 1858, in Iowa, United States, her father, Morgan L. Palmeter, was 27 and her mother, Catherine Goldmer, was 24. She married Oliver Martin York on 14 January 1896, in Adams, Wisconsin, United States. She lived in Monroe, Adams, Wisconsin, United States for about 5 years and Rome, Adams, Wisconsin, United States in 1920. She died on 18 March 1920, in New Rome, Adams, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in New Rome Cemetery, New Rome, Adams, Wisconsin, United States.

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Oliver Martin York
1827–1912
Alice M Palmeter
1858–1920
Marriage: 14 January 1896
York
1896–1900

Sources (7)

  • Alice M York in household of Oliver M York, "Wisconsin State Census, 1905" Monroe, Adams, Wisconsin
  • Alice M. Woods, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Alice M Woods, "United States, Cemetery Abstracts"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 January 1896Adams, Wisconsin, United States
  • Children (1)

      Unknown1896–1900

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 5

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1867 · The Burtis Opera House

    Age 9

    The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 17

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    Altered form of English Parmenter or Parmeter , and possibly also of their French (and Walloon and Flemish) cognate Parmentier (compare Palmatier ).

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

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