Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Gathercole was born on 30 August 1790, in Holme next the Sea, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edmund Gathercole, was 22 and his mother, Elisabeth Ashley, was 18. He married Susannah Johnson on 7 April 1813, in Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Outwell, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 7 July 1866, in Kingston, DeKalb, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Kirkland, DeKalb, Illinois, United States.
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- Thomas Gathercole, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Thomas Gathercole, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Thomas Gathercole, "England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983"
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1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): nickname apparently from Middle English gad(e)ren ‘to gather’ + co(u)ld ‘cold’, but of uncertain application. The forms with -cole etc. are a later development, a reinterpretation as ‘gather coal’ or ‘gather cabbage’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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