When Evelyn Cantrell was born on 3 May 1859, in Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, her father, Jesse R Cantrell, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Fuson, was 22. She married Andrew Gambrell on 10 July 1881, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Madison, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 25 Merrimack, Madison, Alabama, United States in 1930. She died on 12 December 1939, in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Merrimack Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States.
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English (of Norman origin): from Old French canterelle, chanterelle, a diminutive of c(h)anteor ‘singer’. Compare Cantor . It was used as an alternative name for Chantecler the cock in medieval French versions of the folk story of Reynard the Fox (Le Roman de Renard).
English: sometimes a variant of Quintrell .
English: occasionally, perhaps a habitational name from Cantrell in Devon, early recorded as Canterhulle, named from an unexplained first element + Old English hyll ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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