When Bernetta Walters Hickman was born on 6 January 1847, in Winter Quarters, Washington, Nebraska, United States, her father, William Adams Hickman, was 31 and her mother, Bernetta A Walters Burckhardt, was 34. She married John Fergusen Allen on 11 August 1864, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Emmett, Ada, Idaho, United States in 1930 and American Falls Election Precinct 2, Power, Idaho, United States for about 5 years. She died on 4 January 1942, in King Hill, Elmore, Idaho, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Hagerman Pioneer Cemetery, Hagerman, Gooding, Idaho, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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English (Staffordshire): from the Middle English personal names Hikeman, Hicheman, and (in the West Midlands) Hikemon and Hichemon, pet forms of Hike and Hiche with the hypocoristic suffix -man or -mon. See Hick and Hitch . In some instances, however, Hikeman and Hicheman might be occupational names denoting a ‘servant of Hike or Hiche’. This surname has long been established in Ireland, notably in County Clare.
Americanized form of German Hickmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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