Mary Gant or Ghent
19 October 1794–
Saltfleet, Home, Upper Canada, British Colonial America
The Life of Mary
When Mary Gant or Ghent was born on 19 October 1794, in Saltfleet, Home, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Ghent, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Davis, was 21. She married Thomas Barnes about 1815, in Halton, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Thomas Barnes
1790–
Mary Gant or Ghent
1794–
Marriage: about 1815
Spouse and Children
Thomas Barnes
1790–Male
1794–Female
MARRIAGE
about 1815
Halton, Ontario, Canada
about 1815
Halton, Ontario, Canada
Parents and Siblings
1770–1824Male
1772–1841Female
siblings
(9)
1794–Female
1796–1848Male
1798–1841Female
1800–Female
1802–1865Male
+4 More Children
Name Meaning
1 French and English: metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of gloves, from Old French gant ‘glove’ (of Germanic origin).2 German: of uncertain origin. In the south, it may be a topographic name from Middle High German gant ‘scree’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word. Compare Gander . It could also be a metonymic occupational name for an auctioneer from Middle High German gant ‘auction’ ( see Ganter 1), for which a glove (gantus, French gant) was set up as a sign (see 1). A third possibility is that it is a variant of Gans , from Low German gante ‘goose’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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