Deborah Lenorah Gildon

Brief Life History of Deborah Lenorah

When Deborah Lenorah Gildon was born in July 1863, in Texas, United States, her father, Charles Gildon Jr., was 43 and her mother, Deborah Lenorah Medford, was 38. She died in 1870, in her hometown, at the age of 7.

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Charles Gildon Jr.
1820–1892
Deborah Lenorah Medford
1825–1882
Richard Raymond Gildon
1845–1909
Henry Hartwell Gildon
1848–1924
Rhoda Gildon
1853–1860
Saphronia Kezziah Gildon
1854–1886
Enic Elias Gildon
1856–1934
Charles Gildon
1860–1860
Charles Rawles Gildon
1861–1922
Levi Edwin Gildon
1862–1944
Deborah Lenorah Gildon
1863–1870
Mary Etta Gildon
1867–1951
Aaron Gildon
1871–1880

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    World Events (3)

    1865

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    1865 · Juneteenth (Slaves Were Freed)

    On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."

    1865 · The Assassination of a President

    While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.

    Name Meaning

    English (eastern): nickname from Middle English gilden, gu(i)lden ‘golden’ (Old English gylden), perhaps applied to someone with golden hair.

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

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