Brief Life History of James Gardner
When Lieutenant James Gardner Abbott was born on 19 November 1835, in Andover, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Moses Abbott, was 45 and his mother, Harriet Mors Gardner, was 38. He married Mary Elizabeth Pearl on 24 March 1858. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Winthrop, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. He died on 17 May 1907, in Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Winthrop Cemetery, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Jamie G Abbott, "United States Census, 1870"
- James Gardner Abbott, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- James Gardner Abbott, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1838 · The Aroostook War
An international incident referred to as the Aroostook War or "Pork and Beans War". The conflict resulted as part of an international boundary dispute between the United States. Although several British soldiers were captured, nobody was killed during the war. In fact, local militia units did not engage in any significant combat. One of the most dramatic events was actually when two Canadian militia were injured by Black Bears.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English abbod, abbot(t), abbat ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas (genitive abbatis) ‘priest’, from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. The nickname was presumably a joking reference to a person's behaviour. In the US, the English name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate , Spanish Abad , or German Abt .
History: George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. Another early migrant was James Abbott, who came from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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