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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- George M Poole, "United States Census, 1930"
- G M Poole, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- George Meredith Poole, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Juneteenth (Slaves Were Freed)
"On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: ""The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."""
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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