George Meredith Poole

Brief Life History of George Meredith

When George Meredith Poole was born on 19 February 1861, in Montgomery, Texas, United States, his father, Henry Joseph Pool, was 35 and his mother, Cebell Byrdsong, was 19. He married Lutitia Ann Myers on 7 February 1884, in Grimes, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Grimes, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 4, Walker, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 30 January 1940, in Walker, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in New Waverly, Walker, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Meredith Poole
1861–1940
Lutitia Ann Myers
1870–1950
Marriage: 7 February 1884
Jesse Meredith Poole
1885–1964
Elsie Belle Pool
1887–1921
Joseph Jackson Poole
1890–1962
Charles Bee Pool
1902–1923

Sources (13)

  • George M Poole, "United States Census, 1930"
  • G M Poole, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • George Meredith Poole, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870

Historical Boundaries: 1870: Walker, Texas, United States

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English pol(e), polle, poul(e) ‘pool, pond’ (Old English pōl). The name may be topographic, for someone who lived by a pool, or habitative, from a place so named.

English: variant of Paul .

Possibly an Americanized form of German Puhl or Pfuhl(e) (see Pool 4).

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

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