When Elvira or Elvina Gerow was born on 4 July 1873, in Weston, Aroostook, Maine, United States, her father, Wellington A Gerow, was 30 and her mother, Elvira A Moody, was 27. She married Neal D. Quint on 25 July 1890, in Hodgdon, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hodgdon, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1900 and Houlton, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1910. In 1892, at the age of 19, her occupation is listed as housewife in Maine, United States. She died on 22 March 1955, in Millinocket, Penobscot, Maine, United States, at the age of 81.
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Americanized form of French Giroux or Giraud .
History: This surname is listed along with its original form Giraud in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
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