Jerome Gillett Todd

Brief Life History of Jerome Gillett

When Jerome Gillett Todd was born on 22 April 1841, in Vernon, Vernon Township, Jennings, Indiana, United States, his father, Levi Wesley Todd Sr, was 33 and his mother, Demia Butler, was 28. He married Katie Minora Foote on 7 November 1872, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Browns Valley Township, Big Stone, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years and Pueblo, Colorado, United States in 1900. He died on 17 April 1923, in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Pueblo, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jerome Gillett Todd
1841–1923
Katie Minora Foote
1852–1938
Marriage: 7 November 1872
Jerome Foote Todd
1873–1957
Fannie Louise Todd
1875–1969
Chauncey William Todd
1877–1955
Reuben Earl Todd
1880–1903
Vernon Vere Todd
1882–1957
Demia Agnes Todd
1885–1973
Emory Owen Todd
1887–1960

Sources (21)

  • Jerome Todd in household of Levy W Todd, "United States Census, 1860"
  • J G Todd, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Jerome G Todd, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1849

Historical Boundaries 1849: Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Minnesota, United States

1863

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

Name Meaning

English (mainly northern) and Scottish: nickname for someone thought to resemble a fox, for example in cunning or slyness, or perhaps more obviously in having red hair, from northern Middle English tod(de) ‘fox’. Compare Todhunter , Todman . This name was brought to Ulster, Ireland, from Scotland in the 17th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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