Evelyn Cantrell

Brief Life History of Evelyn

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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Family Time Line

Andrew Gambrell
1859–1921
Evelyn Cantrell
1859–1939
Marriage: 10 July 1881
Pearl Gambrell
1881–1935
James Gambrell
1883–
Delia Gambrell
1884–1973
Nancy Jane Gambrell
1886–1937
Henry Harrison Gamble
1889–1950
Amanda Lee Gambrell
1891–
Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" Gambrell
1896–1966

Sources (22)

  • Evelene Gambell in household of Andrew Gambell, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Eva Cantrell, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Evelyn Gambrell, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

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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