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Samuel Major 1796–1873 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1796

Birth Location: Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 1873

Death Location: Almond, Allegany, New York, USA

Father: Stephen Major

Mother: Elizabeth Karr

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Samuel Major was born in 1796 in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Stephen Major And Elizabeth Karr. Samuel Major passed away in 1873 in Almond, Allegany, New York, USA.

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Biography

  • Samuel Major was born in 1796 in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Stephen Major And Elizabeth Karr.
  • Samuel Major passed away in 1873 in Almond, Allegany, New York, USA.

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Samuel Major's Ancestors

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Samuel Major
1796–1873
Birth Place: Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Stephen Major
1767–1844
Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Elizabeth Karr
1764–1836
Somerset, Pennsylvania
Grandparents
Samuel (Karr) Jr.
1737–1797
Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey
Margaret White
1737–1820
Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
Great-Grandparents
Samuel (Kerr)
1700–1777
Catherine Mattison
1705–1777
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Kerr
1656–1748
Margaret Johnstone
1661–1734
Aaron Mattison
1680–1762
Elizabeth Wright
1682–1773

Samuel Major's Timeline

2 Records

1796
1796
Birth of Samuel Major in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
1873
1873
Age 77
Death of Samuel Major in Almond, Allegany, New York, USA
Almond, Allegany, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1796
    Event Place: Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1873
    Event Place: Almond, Allegany, New York, USA

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