Brief Life History of Margaret Ann
When Margaret Ann Giles was born on 23 September 1870, in Hagersville, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, her father, John Simcoe Giles, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Catherine Wilson, was 25. She married Frank A. Terry on 5 July 1888, in North Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She immigrated to United States in 1870 and lived in Trufant, Maple Valley Township, Montcalm, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 11 October 1957, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Lakewood, Pierce, Washington, United States.
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- Margaret A Terry, "United States Census, 1930"
- Margaret Giles, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
- Maggie A. Giles, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from a medieval personal name, Middle English Giles or Gile, a borrowing from Old French Gil(l)e(s). This is from Latin Aegidius and this presumably from Greek aigidion ‘kid, young goat’ (alternatively, it could be a Late Latin formation from the Latin personal name Eggius + the suffix -idius). The personal name was widely used in France and the Low Countries, partly through veneration of Saint Gilles de Provence, supposedly a hermit of the 7th century near Arles; he was patron saint of cripples, hence the dedication of Saint Giles Cripplegate in London, though the personal name itself was less common in England than elsewhere in Europe. See also Gilles .
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized equivalent of Gaelic Ó Glaisne, a County Louth name based on glas ‘green, blue, gray’.
French: variant of Gilles , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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