Brief Life History of Mary Melinda
When Mary Melinda Gandy was born on 18 April 1851, in Union, Ohio, United States, her father, Henry Shepherd Gandy, was 32 and her mother, Malinda Elliott, was 42. She married John Derryberry Fruit on 12 March 1881, in DeWitt, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Kenney, DeWitt, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Tunbridge, DeWitt, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 18 July 1927, in DeWitt, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Kenney, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.
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- Melvina Gandy in household of Shepherd Gandy, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary M. Fruit, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Mary M. Gandy Fruit, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: DeWitt, Illinois, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English:
possibly a nickname from Old French gandie ‘pretence, trick, trickery’.
alternatively, perhaps from a shortened form of the Old French personal name Gandin, a pet form of ancient Germanic names beginning with Wand- ‘turn, wind’ or more likely Gand- (of uncertain etymology). In Cheshire, Middle English variation between Gond- and Gand- is probably due to dialect rounding of original -a- before -n(d)-. In south England, however, the variation is difficult to explain (see 3 below).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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