Brief Life History of Isaac
When Isaac Gill was born in 1762, in Garrigill, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Gill, was 37 and his mother, Mary Walton, was 34. He married Mary Hewetson on 11 March 1784, in Cumwhitton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Keswick, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom in 1762. He died on 29 September 1841, in Kirkoswald, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79, and was buried in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom.
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- Isaac Gill, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Isaac Gill, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Isaac Gill, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Avtar, Amritpal, Darshan, Hardip, Nirmal, Sohan, Ajit, Balwinder, Charan, Jasvir, Kewal, Navdeep.
English and Scottish: in northern England and Scotland sometimes from Middle English Gille, Old Norse Gilli, which is of Irish (Gaelic) origin (see below), and pronounced with a hard g. As a personal name it is not found after c. 1200.
English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English gille ‘deep glen, ravine’ (Old Norse (Norwegian) gil), pronounced with a hard g. The term is found mainly in northwestern England, where Norwegian Vikings settled.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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