George Schuyler Abbey

Brief Life History of George Schuyler

When George Schuyler Abbey was born on 21 September 1858, in Dresden, Camden, Kent, Ontario, Canada, his father, Marshal Bidwell Abby, was 30 and his mother, Gratia Jane Hagar, was 19. He married Eldora Elizabeth Cripps on 23 March 1881, in Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Luverne, Rock, Minnesota, United States in 1900 and Pulaski, Arkansas, United States in 1920. He died on 22 September 1924, in Denton, Denton, Texas, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Denton, Denton, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Schuyler Abbey
1858–1924
Eldora Elizabeth Cripps
1861–1939
Marriage: 23 March 1881
Raymond Schuyler Abbey
1882–1942
Blanche M. Abbey
1885–1941
Lee M. Abbey
1886–1940
Lola Belle Abbey
1888–1948
Roy Jerome Abbey
1890–1932

Sources (25)

  • Sara Abby, "United States, Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Schuyler Abby - Published information: birth-name: Schuyler Sunset
  • George S. Abbey, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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1867

Historical Boundaries: 1867: Rock, Minnesota, United States

1869

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1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded

The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.

Name Meaning

English:

from Anglo-Norman and Middle English abbeye, abbaye ‘abbey’, i.e. a community of monks under an abbot or of nuns under an abbess (Old French abeie, Late Latin abbatia ‘priest's house’), applied as a topographic name for someone living in or near an abbey, or an occupational name for someone working in one.

(of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French abé, abbé ‘priest’. See also French Labbe .

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

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