Stephen Gill

Male1844–6 August 1896

Brief Life History of Stephen

Stephen Gill was born in 1844, in Tennessee, United States. He married Elizabeth Durham on 19 July 1868, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Washington, Illinois, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 6 August 1896, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Carterville, Williamson, Illinois, United States.

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Stephen Gill
1844–1896
Elizabeth Durham
1840–
Marriage: 19 July 1868
Nancy J Gill
1861–
James H Gill
1863–

Sources (11)

  • Stephen Gill, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Stephen Gill, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Steven Gill, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 July 1868Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States

    • Children (2)

    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 2

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1846

    Age 2

    Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

    1858 · A House Divided

    Age 14

    Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Indian Avtar, Amritpal, Darshan, Hardip, Nirmal, Sohan, Ajit, Balwinder, Charan, Jasvir, Kewal, Navdeep.

    English and Scottish: in northern England and Scotland sometimes from Middle English Gille, Old Norse Gilli, which is of Irish (Gaelic) origin (see below), and pronounced with a hard g. As a personal name it is not found after c. 1200.

    English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English gille ‘deep glen, ravine’ (Old Norse (Norwegian) gil), pronounced with a hard g. The term is found mainly in northwestern England, where Norwegian Vikings settled.

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

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