Brief Life History of Genevieve Peletiah
When Genevieve Peletiah Spellman was born on 29 October 1874, in Missouri, United States, her father, Leander Spellman, was 30 and her mother, Phoebe Cynthia Beavers, was 23. She married Edward Eugene Gaultney on 3 December 1895, in Saline, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Harper, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and George Township, Harper, Oklahoma, United States for about 20 years. She died on 15 May 1962, in Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Pelatiah G Spellman in household of Francis Spellman, "United States Census, 1880"
- Genevive Gaultney in household of Edward Gaultney, "United States Census, 1910"
- Genevieve Gaultney in household of Ed Gaultney, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed
A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
1881
Historical Boundaries: 1881: Tom Green, Texas, United States 1887: Ector, Texas, United States [Spreads across Ector and Midland counties]
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: from the early Middle English personal name Spileman, Speleman, late Old English Spilemann. Its original sense was probably ‘entertainer’ (literally ‘play-man’), corresponding to Middle High German spilmann, Middle Low German speelman (see above). However, although spile ‘play, sport, revelry’ and spilen ‘to play’ occur in Middle English, there is no evidence for a word spileman, and all the English evidence points to this surname being from the personal name rather than an occupational name.
Irish: in Connacht, an Anglicized form of Mac Spealáin and Ó Spealáin (see Spillane ).
Americanized form of German Spellmann: occupational name for a musician or minstrel, from Middle Low German spel ‘play’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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