Brief Life History of Lucy Ellen
When Lucy Ellen Gilbert was born on 6 March 1837, in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States, her father, Nathaniel A. Gilbert, was 29 and her mother, Nancy Ann Rutherford, was 27. She married Isaac Jackson Dennon on 25 February 1859, in Ross, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Central City, Marion, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 5, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 12 August 1888, in Choctaw Nation Reservation, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States.
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- Lucy Dray in household of Henry Dray, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lucy Denny, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Lucy Ellen Gilbert Dray, "Find A Grave Index"
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1838
By 1838 the area was populated enough that Roanoke County was created out of parts of Botetourt and Montgomery Counties,[39] and the area's first railroad, the Virginia and Tennessee, arrived in 1852.
1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Marion, Illinois, United States
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin), French, and German: from the personal name Giselbert, composed of the ancient Germanic elements gīsil ‘pledge, hostage, noble youth’ (see Giesel ) + berht ‘bright, famous’. This personal name enjoyed considerable popularity in England during the Middle Ages, partly as a result of the fame of Saint Gilbert of Sempringham (1085–1189), the founder of the only native English monastic order.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
History: The Devon family of Gilbert can be traced to Geoffrey Gilbert (died 1349), who represented Totnes in Parliament in 1326. His descendants included Sir Humphrey Gilbert (died 1583), who discovered Newfoundland. — Étienne Gilbert from Aulnay in Vienne, France, married Marguerite Thibault in Neuville, QC, in 1683. Louis Gilbert dit Comtois from Besançon in Doubs married Anne Jacques in Charlesbourg, QC, in 1722. Pierre Gilbert from Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire in Charente, France, married Marie-Angélique Dufour in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, QC, in 1756. Charles Dupuis dit Gilbert from Rosnay in Indre, France, married Marie-Jeanne Brunet in Sainte-Foy, QC, in 1741.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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