Brief Life History of Gamaliel
When Gamaliel Dopp was born about 1810, in New York, United States, his father, Peter Dopp, was 48 and his mother, Deborah Farrington, was 41. He lived in Reading, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States in 1850.
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- Gamaliel Dopp in household of Asahel Warner, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1837
Michigan is the 26th state.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
German:
from Low German doppe, duppe ‘beaker, jar’, hence presumably a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such vessels or from a house that showed such a sign.
from a short form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names formed with theud, diot ‘people, race’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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