Theodore A Gale

Brief Life History of Theodore A

When Theodore A Gale was born on 2 October 1857, in Lee Center, Lee, Illinois, United States, his father, John Henry Gale, was 63 and his mother, Esther Minna Gould, was 43. He married Harriet Amelia Shaw on 10 October 1876, in Lee, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Gilman, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Eisenstein, Price, Wisconsin, United States in 1930. He died on 29 December 1933, in Union Township, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Liscomb, Marshall, Iowa, United States.

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Theodore A Gale
1857–1933
Elizabeth Anna Miller
1866–1950
Marriage: May 1886
Raymond Theron Gale
1887–1966
Raymond Theron Gale
1887–1966
Theodore A. Gale Jr.
1898–1968
Erman R. Gale
1901–
Mildred Elizabeth Gale
1903–
Sadie Ina Gale
1888–1962
John Henry Gale
1891–1968
Carrie Gale
1892–
Willie Gale
1895–
Gale
1899–1910
Ermond Roy Gale Sr.
1901–1968
Shelby Ira Gale
1904–1986

Sources (20)

  • Theodore Gale, "Iowa, State Census, 1925"
  • Theodore Gall, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Theodore Gale, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1865

Historical Boundaries: 1865: Marshall, Iowa, United States

1879

Historical Boundaries: 1879: Price, Wisconsin, United States

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Anglo-Norman French gal, gale, galle ‘cock, cockerel’.

English: habitational name from a minor place called with either Middle English gale, gagel (Old English gagel) ‘bog myrtle’, or with Middle English gale ‘fishery paying dues to the lord’ (Old English gafol ‘tax’?) such as Gale in Bickington (Devon) and The Gale, the name of a fishery in Ham and Stone (Gloucestershire).

English: topographic name from Middle English gale, gail (Old Norse geil) ‘ravine, narrow lane’, or a habitational name from a place so named such as Gale in Littleborough, Rochdale (Lancashire), or possibly High Gale in Tatham or Tunstall (Lancashire). With the sense ‘narrow lane’ it is found in several street names in medieval York.

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

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