Brief Life History of George
When George Christill was born in 1877, in New York City, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Christel, was 17 and his mother, Margaretha Brems, was 23. He died in 1956, in Rockland, New York, United States, at the age of 79.
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Parents and Siblings
1860– Male
1854–1925 Female
Siblings (6)
1877–1956 Male
1877– Male
1881– Female
1884–1886 Female
1886–1928 Female
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 4
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 5
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 21
Name Meaning
Via Old French and Latin, from Greek Georgios (a derivative of geōrgos ‘farmer’, from gē ‘earth’ + ergein ‘to work’). This was the name of several early saints, including the shadowy figure who is now the patron of England (as well as of Germany and Portugal). If the saint existed at all, he was perhaps martyred in Palestine in the persecutions of Christians instigated by the Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century. The popular legend in which the hero slays a dragon is a medieval Italian invention. He was for a long time a more important saint in the Orthodox Church than in the West, and the name was not much used in England during the Middle Ages, even after St George came to be regarded as the patron of England in the 14th century. Its use increased from the 1400s, and by 1500 it was regularly among the most popular male names. This popularity was reinforced when George I came to the throne in 1714 , bringing this name with him from Germany. It has been one of the most popular English boys' names ever since.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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