Nancy Gill

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Gill was christened on 23 October 1789, in Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Mark Gill, was 36 and her mother, Jane Phillipson, was 30.

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Family Time Line

Mark Gill
1752–
Jane Phillipson
1760–
Thomas Gill
1784–1843
Mary Gill
1787–1790
Nancy Gill
1789–
Mark Gill
1791–1793
Margaret Gill
1795–1795
Mark Gill
1797–1848
Jane Gill
1799–
Sarah Gill
1801–1802
John Gill
1803–

Sources (3)

  • Nancy Gill, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Nancy Gill, "England, Cumberland Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
  • Nancy Gill, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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World Events (7)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Indian Avtar, Amritpal, Darshan, Hardip, Nirmal, Sohan, Ajit, Balwinder, Charan, Jasvir, Kewal, Navdeep.

English and Scottish: in northern England and Scotland sometimes from Middle English Gille, Old Norse Gilli, which is of Irish (Gaelic) origin (see below), and pronounced with a hard g. As a personal name it is not found after c. 1200.

English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English gille ‘deep glen, ravine’ (Old Norse (Norwegian) gil), pronounced with a hard g. The term is found mainly in northwestern England, where Norwegian Vikings settled.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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