When George Washington Noel was born in 1839, in Casey, Kentucky, United States, his father, Smith B. Noel, was 26 and his mother, Delila Goode, was 26. He married Pabla Leal on 11 April 1861, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Atascosa, Texas, United States in 1860 and Justice Precinct 2, Atascosa, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 June 1900, in Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 61.
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Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries 1856: Atascosa, Texas, United States
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Pierre, Normand, Antoine, Jacques, Alphonse, Leonce, Lucien, Marcel, Damien, Emile, Francois.
French and Walloon (Noël); English: from the Old French personal name Noël, Middle English Noel, from Old French no(u)el ‘Christmas’ (from Latin natalis (dies) ‘birthday’), used for someone born during the Christmas period. Alternatively, a nickname for someone who had some special connection with the Christmas season, such as owing the particular feudal duty of providing a yule-log to the lord of the manor, or having given a memorable performance as the Lord of Misrule. This surname is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium. Compare Christmas and Newell .
English: sometimes a post-medieval variant of Knowle and Knoll (see Knowles ). The loss of /k/ before /n/ is known in everyday speech by the 17th century and may have been earlier.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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