Brief Life History of Hulda
Hulda Gale was born in Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States as the daughter of Paul Gale and Hulda Holman. She married Joseph Elliot Harroun on 25 October 1804, in Berlin, Washington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 27 December 1811.
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- Huldah Gale, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- Huldah Gale, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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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