Gamaliel Granger

Brief Life History of Gamaliel

When Gamaliel Granger was born on 18 October 1792, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Rufus Granger, was 25 and his mother, Aurelia King, was 23. He married Arabella King on 16 May 1815, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 20 October 1825, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 33.

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Gamaliel Granger
1792–1825
Arabella King
1794–1865
Marriage: 16 May 1815
George G. Granger
1816–1892
Caroline Arabella Granger
1819–1843
Elizabeth H. Granger
1821–1887
Horace W. Granger
1823–1857

Sources (23)

  • Gamaliel Granger, "United States, Census, 1820"
  • Gamaleel Granger, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Gamalies Granger, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1802 · Brass is Discovered

In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname "The Brass City." Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a farm bailiff, responsible for overseeing the collection of rent in kind into the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. This official had the Anglo-Norman French title grainger, Old French grangier, from Late Latin granicarius, a derivative of granica ‘granary’ (see Grange ).

French: from Old French grangier (see 1 above), an occupational name for an owner of a granary or a status name for a tenant farmer, a sharecropper.

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

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