Brief Life History of Precilla Elizabeth
When Precilla Elizabeth Gross was born on 24 November 1862, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, her father, Anderson D. Gross, was 39 and her mother, Martha Ann Drake, was 38. She married William Alfred Robinson on 5 January 1886, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in South Carrollton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Bremen, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died on 8 February 1940, in Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Scott Cemetery, Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States.
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- Precilla Grop in household of Anderson Grop, "United States Census, 1870"
- Priscilla E Gross, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Percilla Elizabeth Robertson, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a big man, from Middle High German grōz ‘large, corpulent’, German gross. This surname is also established in some other parts of Europe, most notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine). In Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia it is also found (in Slovenia almost exclusively) in the Slavicized form Gros (see also 3 below). The Jewish name has been Hebraicized as Gadol .
English: descriptive nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros, grosse, groce ’large; heavy’, also meaning ‘simple, plain’, from Old French gros ‘big, fat’ (from Latin grossus ‘thick’), a word of ancient Germanic origin, thus etymologically the same word as in 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian, Polish, Croatian or other Slavic Gros , itself of German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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