Brief Life History of Caroline Gresham
When Caroline Gresham Knight was born on 12 October 1858, in Hobsons Bay - Altona, Victoria, Australia, her father, George Washington Knight, was 47 and her mother, Caroline Lunt, was 38. She married Frank Merrill Ambrose on 14 November 1883, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. She lived in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1860 and Camden, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States in 1870. She died on 6 January 1938, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Carrie G Ambrose in household of Frank Ambrose, "United States Census, 1910"
- Caroline Geshem Knight, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Carrie G. Knight, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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World Events (8)
1861
No Civil War battles took place within the state boundaries of New Jersey, but its citizens participated extensively in the war. Volunteers that were turned away ended up serving in the militias of nearby states like Pennsylvania and New York. Whenever President Lincoln requested more troops, New Jersey responded quickly. In total, the state contributed over 88,000 soldiers (6,000 of which died).
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1879
Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Name Meaning
English: status or occupational name from Middle English knight ‘retainer, attendant’ (Old English cniht ‘boy, youth, lad)’. The specialized feudal sense ‘a high-ranking tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier’ is not known to have ever given rise to the surname, although it is not out of the question that it may occasionally have been used as a nickname, perhaps for someone who played the part of an armed knight in a local pageant.
Irish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the knight’. See also McKnight .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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