Ancestry of
Kristen Wiig

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James B. Palmer

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Kristen Wiig — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 58 
  • Father:
  • Asher Palmer 
  • Mother:
  • Joanna P. Ames   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Jan 1830 
  • Birth Location:
  • Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Apr 1903 
  • Death Location:
  • Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah White Holmes
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Sep 1854 
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  • Child:

  Helen Maria Palmer (Ahnentafel No:29 )

• Sources for James B. Palmer

  • ¹ Federal Census, CT, Windham County, 1880, Canterbury, E.D. 135, p. 4, Image 4 of 28.
  • ² Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut: Containing Biographical Sketches of . . ., Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. (1905), 613.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/23/2021).
  • ⁴ Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 05 APR 1917, p. 11, Obituary for daughter Helen M Palmer.
  • ⁵ Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 19 OCT 1927, pp. 1-2, Obituary for son-in-law General Albert P Day.
  • ⁶ Connecticut State Library Databases, Connecticut Vital Records - Index of Deaths, 1897-2001, Death record for James Palmer.
  • ⁷ Rix, Guy S., History and Genealogy of the Rix Family of America, New York: The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers (1906), 54.

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