Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Gregory was christened on 18 October 1818, in Paulton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Simon Gregory, was 39 and his mother, Lucy Gregory, was 35. He married Mary Norris on 25 December 1837, in Farrington Gurney, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Jenkins Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1869 and lived in Sirhowy, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1861 and Yatesville, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. In 1880, at the age of 62, his occupation is listed as labourer. He died on 26 July 1889, in Clay, Indiana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Harmony, Van Buren Township, Clay, Indiana, United States.
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- Thomas Gregg, "United States Census, 1880"
- Thomas Gregory, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Gregory in the Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754
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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.
1825
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Clay, Indiana, United States
1840
Historical Boundaries: 1840: Clay, Indiana, United States
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: from a personal name that was popular throughout Christendom in the Middle Ages. The Greek original, Grēgorios, is a derivative of grēgorein ‘to be awake, to be watchful’. However, the Latin form, Gregorius, came to be associated by folk etymology with grex, gregis ‘flock, herd’, under the influence of the Christian image of the good shepherd. The Greek name was borne in the early Christian centuries by two fathers of the Orthodox Church, Saint Gregory Nazianzene (c. 325–390) and Saint Gregory of Nyssa (c. 331–395), and later by sixteen popes, starting with Gregory the Great (c. 540–604). It was also the name of 3rd- and 4th-century apostles of Armenia. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. Italian Gregorio , German, Slovak, and Slovenian Gregor , Polish Grzegorz, Czech Řehoř (see Rehor ), and French Gregoire , and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Polish Grzegorczyk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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