Gravestone of Samuel James Palmer

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LeAnn Vallis Fekjan

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10/26/2003

Gravestone of Samuel James Palmer

Restored gravestone of Samuel James Palmer(1821-1877)located in Pioneer Cemetery, Palmyra, Nebraska. (See the before & after snapshots of the restoration at the Vallis-Palmer-Ross family page/recent snapshots.) Samuel James Palmer was born in Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire England. In 1844, Samuel married Mary Coy in the Parish of Little Horwood in Buckinghamshire. They moved to Australia where their two sons, Samuel James and Charles William were born, then returned to Swanbourne. In the late 1860's the Palmers immigrated to Palmyra, Nebraska. On April 4, 1877 (not long before Samuel's death on August 5, 1877), his Palmyra homestead was proved. Engraved on stone: Not Lost But Gone Before.

Date & Place: at Samuel James Palmer in Palmyra, Otoe County, Nebraska United States

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Samuel James Palmer born Jan 9, 1817

Samuel James Palmer was born on January 9, 1817. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Samuel James Palmer.

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LeAnn Vallis Fekjan

Greetings. I am a part-time family historian researching: *** 18th & 19th century Middlesex and Buckinghamshire England family roots. Surnames include, VALLIS, TAYLOR, PALMER, CUTLER, PICKERING, HEDGES and SCRIVEN. Known 1800's Middlesex roots are specific to Poplar/Millwall. Buckinghamshire connections include the areas of Winslow, Swanbourne, Stewkley, Wing and Leighton Buzzard. *** U.S. family roots include ROSS and ROMAINE families from New York who went westward to settle in Kansas and Missouri. ***German Russian family roots include BOHL, KAHLER, HUCK, SPREIER, SCHULDEIS, SCHULTHEIS, FEUERSTEIN,GAS, JAEGER, EIKMEIER surnames. Our family immigrated from Russia; some family members came to the U.S., settling in the midwest. Other family members immigrated to Argentina.

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