Gilbert Granger

Brief Life History of Gilbert

When Gilbert Granger was born on 14 October 1814, in Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States, his father, Oliver Granger, was 20 and his mother, Lydia Dibble, was 24. He married Alice Marble on 20 June 1838, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 25 August 1850, in American Judicial Township, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 35.

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Gilbert Granger
1814–1850
Alice Marble
1818–1847
Marriage: 20 June 1838
Caroline Granger
1839–1840
Oliver Granger
1841–1842
Dighton C Granger
1843–1913
Solomon Granger
1845–1846

Sources (9)

  • Gilbert Grayger, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Gilbert Granger in entry for Gilbert C. Granger, "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
  • Gilbert Granger, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (7)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a farm bailiff, responsible for overseeing the collection of rent in kind into the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. This official had the Anglo-Norman French title grainger, Old French grangier, from Late Latin granicarius, a derivative of granica ‘granary’ (see Grange ).

French: from Old French grangier (see 1 above), an occupational name for an owner of a granary or a status name for a tenant farmer, a sharecropper.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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