Brief Life History of George Gabriel
When Sir George Gabriel Stokes was born on 13 August 1819, in Skreen, County Sligo, Ireland, his father, Rev Gabriel Stokes, was 57 and his mother, Elizabeth Haughton, was 58. He married Mary Susanna Robinson on 4 July 1857, in Armagh, County Armagh, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in St Andrew the Less, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died on 1 February 1903, in Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83, and was buried in Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- George Gabriel Stokes, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- George Gabriel Stokes, "Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898"
- Sir George Gabriel Stokes, "England and Wales, Index to Death Duty Registers, 1796-1903"
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World Events (6)
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): variant of Stoke with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. This name has been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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