When Ellen Maria Gay was born on 25 July 1832, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, her father, Lewis Gay, was 34 and her mother, Mary Maxfield, was 33. She married Joseph Skinner in November 1857. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Cumberland Foreside, Cumberland, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1870 and Casco, Cumberland, Maine, United States for about 30 years. She died on 14 March 1912, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Casco, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
"An international incident referred to as the Aroostook War or ""Pork and Beans War"". The conflict resulted as part of an international boundary dispute between the United States. Although several British soldiers were captured, nobody was killed during the war. In fact, local militia units did not engage in any significant combat. One of the most dramatic events was actually when two Canadian militia were injured by Black Bears."
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (southwestern), French, and Catalan: nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai, Catalan gay ‘cheerful’. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton, lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing an ancient Germanic personal name cognate with Wade .
Catalan: probably also from the personal name Gai (from Latin Gaius).
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