When Olive T Howard was born on 24 January 1816, in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Abijah Howard, was 26 and her mother, Margery W. Gould, was 31. She married Francis Densmore Montague on 6 April 1843, in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. She lived in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1850 and Milford, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1860. She died on 1 July 1897, in Hopedale, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 81.
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English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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