Brief Life History of Layton
When Layton Jay was born on 13 August 1832, in Deming, Jackson Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States, his father, Layton Jay, was 35 and his mother, Keturah Brock, was 30. He married Angeline Grimkey Pickett on 19 April 1860, in Deming, Jackson Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Green Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Fremont, Colorado, United States in 1880. He died on 16 January 1909, in Florence, Fremont, Colorado, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salida, Chaffee, Colorado, United States.
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- Layton Jay, "United States Census, 1850"
- Layton Jacy, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1837
Historical Boundaries: 1837: Hamilton, Indiana, United States
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Broderick, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1861: Colorado Territory, United States 1861: Fremont, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: Fremont, Colorado, United States
Name Meaning
English and French: nickname from Middle English jai, jei, Old French jay(e), gai ‘jay’ (the bird), probably referring to an idle chatterer, a showy person, or a simpleton, although the jay was also noted for its thieving habits.
English: from the unrecorded Middle English personal names Jay or Gee, which may have been pet forms of several names beginning with J-, such as Jack , James , and Jeffery (Geoffrey). See Jason and Jesson .
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 謝, see Xie 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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