Brief Life History of Marion C
When Marion C Hammer was born in 1916, in Wisconsin, United States, her father, Harold Joseph Hammer, was 25 and her mother, Katherine T. Mullins, was 22. She lived in Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1978, at the age of 62.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Marion Hammer in household of Harold Hammer, "United States Census, 1920"
- Marion C Hammer in household of Harold J Hammer, "United States Census, 1930"
Parents and Siblings
1891–1960 Male
1894–1987 Female
Siblings (3)
1916–1978 Female
1919–1989 Female
1926–1963 Male
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 0
1919 · Minimum Wage Laws Passed
Age 3
1934 · Kohler Strike
Age 18
Name Meaning
German, English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German hamer, Yiddish hamer, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hammers, for example in a forge, or a nickname for a forceful person. As an English surname, the derivation from Middle English ham(m)er, hamor ‘hammer’ (Old English hamor) is formally possible, either as a metonymic occupational name or as a locative or occupational name taken from a shop sign or inn sign. However, there is no evidence that such appellations became hereditary surnames. The surname of German origin (possibly also in the sense 2 below) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
English and German: topographic name for someone who lived in an area of water meadow, or flat, low-lying alluvial land beside a stream, Middle English ham(me), Old English hamm, Old High German ham (see Hamm ) + the English and German agent suffix -er. In England, names composed of a topographic term + -er are characteristic of southern England, especially Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire.
English: possibly a variant of Hanmer , and in northern England a variant of Hamer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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