When George Washington Threlkel was born on 26 January 1820, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, his father, William Harwood Threlkeld, was 29 and his mother, Polly Short, was 23. He married Matilda Jane Crow on 29 December 1842, in Steeleville, Randolph, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Judicial Township 3, Placer, California, United States for about 10 years and Lincoln, Placer, California, United States in 1880. He died on 3 January 1900, in Auburn, Placer, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Long Valley, Mendocino, California, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Peoria, Illinois, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Cumbria): habitational name from Threlkeld in Cumbria, so named from Old Norse thrǽll ‘thrall, serf’ + kelda ‘spring, marshy place’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesExcerpt from "Robert Crow--Pioneer of 1947 written by Darlene Chaffin Law The day before reaching Pueblo, Mr. Lay (William) and George Threlkill were pursuing a wounded deer in the brush when they we …
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