Margaret Ann Giles

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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Family Time Line

Frank A. Terry
1868–1928
Margaret Ann Giles
1870–1957
Marriage: 5 July 1888
Charles Otto Terry
1889–1966
Clayton Adair Terry
1891–1956
Rex R. Terry
1900–1983

Sources (18)

  • Margaret A Terry, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Margaret Giles, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
  • Maggie A. Giles, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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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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