Brief Life History of Evelyn West
When Evelyn West Gilbert was born on 24 March 1855, in Perry, Houston, Georgia, United States, her father, Dr. Julius Caesar Gilbert, was 34 and her mother, Maria Louisa West, was 20. She married Robert Newsom Holtzclaw on 20 October 1875, in Perry, Houston, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in District 619, Houston, Georgia, United States for about 30 years and Perry, Peach, Georgia, United States in 1928. She died on 16 August 1928, in Perry, Houston, Georgia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Perry, Houston, Georgia, United States.
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- Evelyn G Holtzclaw in household of Henry Holtzclaw, "United States Census, 1880"
- Evelyn W Gilbert, "Georgia, Houston County, Marriage Records, 1832-2015"
- Evelyn Gilbert Holtzclaw, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1943"
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1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin), French, and German: from the personal name Giselbert, composed of the ancient Germanic elements gīsil ‘pledge, hostage, noble youth’ (see Giesel ) + berht ‘bright, famous’. This personal name enjoyed considerable popularity in England during the Middle Ages, partly as a result of the fame of Saint Gilbert of Sempringham (1085–1189), the founder of the only native English monastic order.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
History: The Devon family of Gilbert can be traced to Geoffrey Gilbert (died 1349), who represented Totnes in Parliament in 1326. His descendants included Sir Humphrey Gilbert (died 1583), who discovered Newfoundland. — Étienne Gilbert from Aulnay in Vienne, France, married Marguerite Thibault in Neuville, QC, in 1683. Louis Gilbert dit Comtois from Besançon in Doubs married Anne Jacques in Charlesbourg, QC, in 1722. Pierre Gilbert from Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire in Charente, France, married Marie-Angélique Dufour in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, QC, in 1756. Charles Dupuis dit Gilbert from Rosnay in Indre, France, married Marie-Jeanne Brunet in Sainte-Foy, QC, in 1741.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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