Brief Life History of Gideon
When Gideon Foote was born on 17 April 1799, in Windsor, Orange, New York, United States, his father, Simeon Foote, was 34 and his mother, Lovisa Bacon, was 33. He married Lavina Gillett on 22 October 1818, in Unadilla, Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Nicholson Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1840 and Lenox, Lenox Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 10 October 1851, in Lenox Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 52.
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Sources (7)
- Gideon Foot, "United States Census, 1840"
- Legacy NFS Source: Gidson Foote - birth: 17 April 1799; Great Bend, Jefferson, New York, United States
- Gideon Foote, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1799–1851 Male
1797–1876 Female
Children (8)
1819–1902 Male
1821–1860 Male
1825–1863 Male
1827–1835 Female
1831–1888 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1764–1852 Male
1766–1851 Female
Siblings (10)
1786–1855 Female
1787–1840 Female
1787–1840 Male
1793–1826 Female
1795–1863 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (7)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 1
1810
Age 11
1813
Age 14
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English fot ‘foot’ (Old English fōt), sometimes translated in medieval documents by Latin cum pede ‘with the foot’. Probably a nickname for someone with a deformity of the foot or with large feet.
English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English personal name Fot, from Old Norse Fótr, originally a nickname with the same sense as 1 above.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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