When George Gratricks Longmire was born on 23 March 1866, in South Australia, Australia, his father, Henry Longmire, was 31 and his mother, Ellen Martha Frost, was 31. He married Amelia May Rowe on 28 September 1899, in Narridy, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He died on 30 June 1932, in Semaphore, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 66, and was buried in Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham, South Australia, Australia.
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End of transportation to Western Australia.
British troops withdraw from Australia.
Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
English: habitational name from a minor place in the parish of Windermere (Westmorland), named with Old Scandinavian langr ‘long’ + mýrr ‘mire, bog’.
Americanized form of German Langmeier or of any of its variants: distinguishing name for a tenant farmer (see Meyer 1) whose farm held the name Lang or who was of a tall stature.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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