When Elizabeth Betsy Gano was born on 17 November 1775, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, her father, Stephen Gano, was 47 and her mother, Abigail Middleton Allen, was 47. She married David Eaton Henderson on 7 January 1796, in Hampshire, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 11 September 1847, in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Arcadia Cemetery, Arcadia, Morgan, Illinois, United States.
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Altered form of French Gaineau, itself a variant of Ganeau: from the ancient Germanic personal name Gagino, from gagin ‘gain, win’. The surname Gaineau is very rare in France. Compare Ganoe and Gunnoe .
Slovak (Gaňo) and Polish: unexplained.
History: The Huguenot Étienne Gaineau or Gayneau from La Rochelle in Charente-Maritime, France, married Lydia Mestereau in La Rochelle in 1653, died in Staten Island, NY, in 1706. His name is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors (as Étienne Gaineau or Ganeau or Geneau or Gano) and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America (as Etienne Gaineau or Gano).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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