Brief Life History of Christopher Colombus
When Christopher Colombus Gentry was born in 1847, in Carroll, Missouri, United States, his father, Sanderson Damer Gentry, was 20 and his mother, Eliza Jane Haney, was 15. He married Malinda Evelyn Mecham in 1871, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Juab, Utah, United States in 1880 and Scofield, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1899. He died on 17 September 1899, in Clear Creek, Carbon, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Price City Cemetery, Price, Carbon, Utah, United States.
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- Christopher Gentery, "United States Census, 1880"
- Columbus Gentry, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- C Gentry, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
1848 · Mexico Cedes California Nine Days After Gold Is Found
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848, which ended the Mexican-American War. Mexico ceded 525,000 square miles of land, including what is now California. Gold had been found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, only nine days prior to signing the treaty.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Essex and Middlesex): nickname from Middle English, Old French genterie ‘nobility of birth or character’. Compare Gentle .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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