Brief Life History of Lawrence Bruce
When Lawrence Bruce Gaylord was born on 24 September 1865, in Packwaukee, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States, his father, William Lawrence Gaylord, was 50 and his mother, Catherine Crawford, was 29. He married Anna Belle Cranor on 22 September 1895, in Fremont, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Moundville, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States in 1880 and Lost Cabin, Fremont, Wyoming, United States in 1900. He died on 21 January 1940, in Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Lander, Fremont, Wyoming, United States.
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- Lawrence B Gaylord, "United States Census, 1930"
- Lawrence Bruce Gaylord, "Wyoming Marriages, 1869-1923"
- Lawrence B Gaylord, "Find A Grave Index"
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The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (southern, of Norman origin): variant of Gaylard altered by folk etymology, from the Old French and Middle English personal name Gaillart, Gallard, Galliard, representing either the ancient Germanic personal name Gailhard (composed of elements meaning ‘powerful, lusty, cheerful’ + ‘hard, firm, resilient, strong’) or Old French gaillard, gaillart ‘vigorous, powerful, strong’. Alternatively, from Middle English gaillard, galiard ‘brave, strong, valiant’, also ‘lively, gay, gaily dressed’.
Altered form of Gaylard, itself an Anglicized form of French Gaillard , which was brought to England by the Huguenots.
In some cases also an Americanized form of French Gaillard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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