Brief Life History of Chesney Elmer
When Chesney Elmer Gold was born in August 1870, in Marshall, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Michael Gold, was 45 and his mother, Harriet Elizabeth Bradshaw, was 40. He married Geneva Belle Rankin on 8 April 1893. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Civil District 5, Marshall, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and New Market, Madison, Alabama, United States in 1910. He died on 16 June 1917, at the age of 46, and was buried in Rice Cemetery, Madison, Alabama, United States.
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- Clanlins E Gold in household of James M Gold, "United States Census, 1880"
- C E Gold, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Elma Gold in entry for R J Gold and Louise Ray, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Emanuel, Meyer, Mayer, Hyman, Ari, Avram, Mendel, Moshe, Shraga, Aviva.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Gold, Yiddish gold ‘gold’. In North America it is often a shortened form of one of the many compound artificial names of which Gold is the first element.
English and German: from Middle English go(u)ld, or Old English and Old High German gold ‘gold’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in gold, i.e. a refiner, jeweler, or gilder, or as a nickname for someone who either had many gold possessions or bright yellow hair.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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