Rhoda Gilman

Brief Life History of Rhoda

When Rhoda Gilman was born on 16 June 1806, in Alton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States, her father, David Gilman, was 26 and her mother, Rhoda Hunt, was 26. She married Moses Gilman on 2 February 1832, in Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 11 December 1857, in Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 51.

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Family Time Line

Moses Gilman
1814–1864
Rhoda Gilman
1806–1857
Marriage: 2 February 1832
Mary Smith Gilman Connor
1835–1917
Emily Ann Gilman
1837–1892
Julia Frances Gilman
1839–1860
Stephen Smith Gilman
1841–1892
David Gilman
1843–1893
Ai T Gilman
1845–1863
A L Gilman
1845–
Carrie Lydia Gilman
1848–1903

Sources (26)

  • Rhona Gilman in household of Moses Gilman, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Rhoda Gilman, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Rhoda Gilman, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

World Events (7)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital

In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

English: from a personal name, Old French Guillemin, Anglo-Norman French Willemin, pet forms of Guillelmes, Guillaumes, and Willelmes (see William ).

Altered form of German Gillmann (see Gillman ).

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

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