Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Giles was born on 11 August 1778, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, Ebenezer Giles, was 40 and her mother, Esther Baldwin, was 42. She married Jesse Munroe on 12 January 1797, in Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States for about 10 years and New York, United States in 1870. She died on 11 March 1861, in East Poultney, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in East Poultney, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States.
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- Nathan Monroe, "United States Census, 1870"
- Hannah Giles, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Hannah Giles Monroe, "Find A Grave Index"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from a medieval personal name, Middle English Giles or Gile, a borrowing from Old French Gil(l)e(s). This is from Latin Aegidius and this presumably from Greek aigidion ‘kid, young goat’ (alternatively, it could be a Late Latin formation from the Latin personal name Eggius + the suffix -idius). The personal name was widely used in France and the Low Countries, partly through veneration of Saint Gilles de Provence, supposedly a hermit of the 7th century near Arles; he was patron saint of cripples, hence the dedication of Saint Giles Cripplegate in London, though the personal name itself was less common in England than elsewhere in Europe. See also Gilles .
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized equivalent of Gaelic Ó Glaisne, a County Louth name based on glas ‘green, blue, gray’.
French: variant of Gilles , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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