Gertrude Temple

Brief Life History of Gertrude

When Gertrude Temple was born on 13 June 1888, in Illinois, United States, her father, George Walter Temple, was 29 and her mother, Ellen Wright, was 35. She married Roy Bishop Martin on 13 August 1908. She lived in East Nelson Township, Moultrie, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1955, at the age of 67.

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Roy Bishop Martin
1888–1953
Gertrude Temple
1888–1955
Marriage: 13 August 1908

Sources (5)

  • Gertrude Martin in household of Roy B Martin, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Gertrude Temple, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
  • Gertie Martin in household of Roy B Martin, "United States Census, 1920"

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Name Meaning

English (northern England and London), Scottish, and French: from Middle English, Old French temple ‘temple’ (from Latin templum), denoting a religious house or manorial estate of the Knights Templar. The surname may be a metonymic occupational name for someone who lived or worked at such an establishment, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Temple in Cornwall (Midlothian). The Knights Templar were a crusading order, so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple. The order was founded in 1118 and flourished for 200 years, but was suppressed as heretical in 1312.

English: nickname given to foundlings baptized at the Temple Church, London, so called because it was originally built on land belonging to the Templars.

Americanized form of North German or Dutch Tempel 1.

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

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