Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas North was born on 15 March 1787, in Orange, New York, United States, his father, Thomas North, was 38 and his mother, Sibel Gridley, was 24. He married Hannah Osterhout about 1810. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 14 September 1829, in New York, United States, at the age of 42.
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Spouse and Children
1787–1829 Male
1787–1831 Female
Children (1)
1818–1906 Female
Parents and Siblings
1748–1830 Male
1762–1810 Female
Siblings (5)
1784– Female
1787–1829 Male
1790–1850 Male
1794–1814 Male
1797–1873 Male
World Events (8)
1788 · The First Presidential Election
Age 1
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Age 10
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 13
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English north ‘north’, denoting someone who had migrated from the north, especially someone from northern England living in the south of the country. It may also have been used to denote someone living in the northern part of a settlement or region.
Irish: in Ireland, adopted for Mac an Ultaigh ‘son of the Ulsterman’, Ulster being the northern part of Ireland.
German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with a cognate of Old High German nord ‘north’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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