Brief Life History of George R
When George R Terry was born on 12 December 1832, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Terry, was 26 and his mother, Jane Thorpe, was 23. He married Ann Rennison on 25 February 1857, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Sherburn in Elmet, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Troy Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States for about 40 years. He died on 4 September 1925, in Sanger, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Sanger, Fresno, California, United States.
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- George Terry in household of William Terry, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- George Terry, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- George Terry, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: from the Norman personal name T(h)erry (Old French Thierri), a short form of Theodoric, which is composed of the ancient Germanic elements theud ‘people, race’ + rīc ‘power(ful), rich’. Theodoric was the name of the Ostrogothic leader (c. 454–526) who invaded Italy in 488 and established his capital at Ravenna in 493. His name was sometimes taken as a derivative of Greek Theodōros (see Theodore ). An Anglo-Norman family of this name has been in County Cork, Ireland, since the 13th century.
Irish: sometimes an Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Mac Toirdhealbhaigh (see Turley ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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