Brief Life History of Claudius O.
When Claudius O. Gore was born about 1857, in Mississippi, United States, his father, Upton Asbury Gore, was 31 and his mother, Cynthia E. Harrington, was 29. He married Mittie C. Basinger on 15 November 1892, in Pickens, Alabama, United States. He lived in Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States in 1920 and Beat 2, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States in 1940.
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- Claudius Gore, "United States Census, 1870"
- C. O. Gore, "Alabama County Marriages, 1818-1936"
- C O Gore, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (8)
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English gor(e), gar(e) ‘triangular piece of land’ (Old English gāra, a derivative of gār ‘spear’, with reference to the triangular shape of a spearhead), a topographic name for someone living by a triangular field, or a habitational name from any of various places, for example Gore Court in Tunstall (Kent) and Gore Farm in Hannington (Wiltshire), named from this word.
French: from Old French gore ‘sow’ (a word of allegedly imitative origin, reflecting the grunting of the animal), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or as an unflattering nickname.
French: probably also from a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Grégoire (see Gregory ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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