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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- 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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