Percilla A. Finch

Brief Life History of Percilla A.

Percilla A. Finch was born on 3 March 1817, in Ohio, United States. She married Judson Jonathan Hollister about 1843, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Dunham Township, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Dunham, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died in March 1898, in Washington, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Dunham, Washington, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Judson Jonathan Hollister
1810–1855
Percilla A. Finch
1817–1898
Marriage: about 1843
Mary A. Hollister
1844–1911
Harriet Katherine Hollister
1848–1919
Judson Jonathan Hollister
1849–1933
Laura D. Hollister
1855–1922

Sources (9)

  • P A Hollister in household of J J Hollister, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Precilla A. Finch Hollister, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Priscilla Finch in entry for Harriett Katharine Hallister King, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

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1846

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Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English finch, fink ‘finch’ (Old English finc), for a small, lively, cheerful person.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Czech, Slovenian, and Croatian Fink ‘finch’, or of some of the corresponding Slavic surnames, e.g. Czech (Moravian) Pěnka (see Penka ).

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

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