Brief Life History of Isaac
When Dr Isaac Galland was born on 15 May 1791, in Somerset Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Mathew Galland, was 42 and his mother, Hannah Fenno, was 31. He married Nancy Harris on 22 March 1811, in Madison, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 28 November 1858, in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Fort Madison City Cemetery, Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States.
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- Isaac Galland, "United States Census, 1850"
- Isaac Galland, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Isaac Galland, "Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1795
Historical Boundaries: 1795: Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
French: nickname for a cheerful or high-spirited or bold person, from Old French galant ‘lively, vivacious’, also ‘bold, valiant’ (the meanings ‘gallant’ and ‘attentive to women’ developed only in the 16th century), the present participle of Old French galer ‘to be in good humor, to enjoy oneself’, a word of ancient Germanic origin. In North America, the surname Galland is also an altered form of its less common French variant Gallant 3.
English (London): variant of Gallant , a cognate of 1 above.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name in Rogaland, from an uncertain first element + land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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