Margaret Girton

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Girton was born in March 1836, in Greenwood Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Richard Green Girton, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Watts, was 29. She married George Reece on 26 January 1860, in Millville, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. She lived in Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900.

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George Reece
1836–1916
Margaret Girton
1836–
Marriage: 26 January 1860

Sources (4)

  • Margret Reece in household of George Reece, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Margaret S Girton in household of Richard Girton, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Margaret Reece in household of George Reece, "United States Census, 1870"

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Girton or Gretton. Gretton in Northamptonshire, as well as Girton in Nottinghamshire and Cambridgeshire, are named from Old English grēot ‘gravel’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Gretton in Shropshire is named from Old English grēoten ‘gravelly’ + tūn, while Gretton, Gloucestershire, is ‘farmstead (tūn) near Greet (Old English grēote ‘gravelly place’)’.

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

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