When Cornelia VaVasour Gano was born on 20 April 1801, in Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States, her father, Richard Montgomery Gano, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Ewing, was 22. She married Col. William Henry Jr. on 18 May 1819, in Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Christian, Kentucky, United States for about 30 years. She died on 2 March 1887, in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Altered form of French Gaineau, itself a variant of Ganeau: from the ancient Germanic personal name Gagino, from gagin ‘gain, win’. The surname Gaineau is very rare in France. Compare Ganoe and Gunnoe .
Slovak (Gaňo) and Polish: unexplained.
History: The Huguenot Étienne Gaineau or Gayneau from La Rochelle in Charente-Maritime, France, married Lydia Mestereau in La Rochelle in 1653, died in Staten Island, NY, in 1706. His name is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors (as Étienne Gaineau or Ganeau or Geneau or Gano) and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America (as Etienne Gaineau or Gano).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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