Brief Life History of Nancy Ellen
When Nancy Ellen Palmer was born on 5 April 1864, in Lincoln, Missouri, United States, her father, Charles Lewis Palmer, was 33 and her mother, Gabriella Ann Ligon, was 35. She married Lewis Martin Waggoner on 28 July 1892, in Pike, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Martinsburg, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Burr Oak, Lincoln, Missouri, United States in 1920. She died on 7 May 1943, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Elsberry, Lincoln, Missouri, United States.
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- Nancy E Waggoner in household of Lewis M Waggoner, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ellen Palmer Waggoner, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nancer E Palmer in entry for Louis M Wagoner, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1871
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Lincoln, Missouri, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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