Fatima Belle Archer

Brief Life History of Fatima Belle

When Fatima Belle Archer was born on 8 January 1870, in Clinton, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States, her father, Thomas James Archer, was 43 and her mother, Martha Jane Murphy, was 38. She married William Bailey Hill on 30 June 1889, in Van Buren, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Roland, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Hughes, Oklahoma, United States in 1935. She died on 3 September 1955, in Wetumka Township, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Wetumka Cemetery, Wetumka, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Bailey Hill
1870–1955
Fatima Belle Archer
1870–1955
Marriage: 30 June 1889
Noah Thomas Hill
1890–1964
Annie Bell Hill
1890–1986
Martha Hill
1893–1989
William Henry Hill
1896–
Nettie Hill
1901–
Maggie Hill
1903–2001
Olen Hill
1907–1979
Sam William Hill
1912–1997

Sources (15)

  • Fatima Archer in household of Thomas Archer, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Belle Archer, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Bell Archer Hill, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

English and French: from Middle English archere, Anglo-Norman French archer, Old French archier ‘bowman’, hence an occupational name for an archer. This Norman French word partially replaced the native English word bowman in the 14th century. In North America, this surname may have absorbed some cases of European cognates such as French Archier. Compare Larcher .

German: from an agent derivative of Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (from Latin arca ‘chest, box’). This surname is rare in Germany.

Germanized form of Slovenian Arhar: German-influenced patronymic from the personal name Arh (see Arch 3), an old vernacular equivalent of Henry . Alternatively, perhaps a topographic name derived from Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (see 2 above), hence a cognate of Slovenian Rakar (see Raker 4).

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

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