Brief Life History of George Adams
When George Adams Sampson was born on 7 January 1853, in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, George Amos Sampson, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Ann Lane, was 24. He married Sarah Eliza Turner on 24 June 1873, in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States for about 40 years.
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- George A Sampson in household of George A Sampson, "United States Census, 1870"
- George Adams Sampson, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- George A. Sampson Jr., "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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Name Meaning
English, Welsh, and Jewish: variant of Samson . The -p- was introduced in the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name Shimshon.
English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from any of the French places called Saint-Samson (Seine-Maritime, Calvados), including Saint-Samson-de-Bonfosse (Manche) and Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque (Eure), so called from the dedication of their churches to Saint Samson of Dol, the Welsh bishop (see Samson ).
Americanized form of French, Breton, German, and Dutch Samson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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