When Jessie Eliza Gay was born in 1895, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Charles Gay, was 28 and her mother, Jessie Lizie Watson, was 22. She married William R Johnson in 1918, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Portsea, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica in 1921.
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The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
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English (southwestern), French, and Catalan: nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai, Catalan gay ‘cheerful’. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton, lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing an ancient Germanic personal name cognate with Wade .
Catalan: probably also from the personal name Gai (from Latin Gaius).
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