Samuel Dimick Palmer

Brief Life History of Samuel Dimick

When Samuel Dimick Palmer was born in 1875, in New York, United States, his father, Postmaster Samuel Henry Palmer, was 38 and his mother, Martha Elizabeth Packard, was 32. He married Winifred Margaret Brown on 21 April 1909, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1900.

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Samuel Dimick Palmer
1875–
Winifred Margaret Brown
1885–
Marriage: 21 April 1909
Robert Brown Palmer
1913–2000

Sources (7)

  • Samuel D Palmer in household of Samuel H Palmer, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Samuel Dimick Palmer, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
  • Margaret Doran in entry for Samuel Demick Palmer and Winifred Margaret Brown, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

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.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.

Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.

Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).

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

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