Amanda Pollock

Female1 September 1840–2 January 1879

Brief Life History of Amanda

When Amanda Pollock was born on 1 September 1840, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Pollock, was 29 and her mother, Catharine Freeman, was 28. She lived in Salem Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. She died on 2 January 1879, at the age of 38, and was buried in Garrison Memorial Cemetery, Salem Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Pollock
1811–1873
Catharine Freeman
1812–1879
Eliza V Pollock
1836–1854
Anna M Pollock
1838–1914
Amanda Pollock
1840–1879
Thomas E Pollock
1843–1921
Lemuel D. Pollock
1847–1919
Sarah Jane Pollock
1851–1935
Richard Pollock
1864–1865

Sources (4)

  • Amanda Pollock in household of John Pollock, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Amanda Pollock, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Amanda Polock in household of John Polock, "United States Census, 1850"

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Siblings (7)

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World Events (6)

1845

Age 5

Find a Grave Memorials shows the earliest burial in this cemetery was in 1845. Moore BIRTH unknown DEATH 26 ??? 1845 BURIAL Garrison Memorial Cemetery Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 134610592

1846

Age 6

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Age 23

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Glasgow, probably a British Celtic name derived from pull-, poll- ‘pool’ + a diminutive suffix. The surname has been established in northeast Ulster since the 17th century.

German: ethnic name for someone from Poland.

Americanized form of Jewish Polak .

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

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