When George Washington Lance was born on 15 February 1862, in Walker, Texas, United States, his father, Lewis or Louis Lance, was 38 and his mother, Temperance Tomlinson, was 16. He lived in Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Salmon Falls, El Dorado, California, United States in 1930. In 1910, at the age of 48, his occupation is listed as stone mason in Oneida, Idaho, United States. He died on 13 February 1932, in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Gibson Flats, Cascade, Montana, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1864: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Oneida, Idaho, United States
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
English: from the ancient Germanic personal name Lanzo, originally a short form of various compound names with the first element land ‘land, territory’ (for example, Lambert ), but later used as an independent name. It was introduced to England by the Normans, for whom it was a popular name among the ruling classes, perhaps partly because of association with Old French lance ‘lance, spear’ (see 2 below).
French: metonymic occupational name for a soldier who carried a lance, or a nickname for a skilled fighter, from Old French lance ‘lance, spear’.
Americanized form of German Lanz and Lenz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesGreat Falls Tribune (MT), 14 Feb 1932: George W. Lance, aged 70 years, of 1923 Seventh avenue north, died in this city Saturday evening. The body is at the O'Connor funeral chapel. --- 18 Feb 1932--G …
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