Thomas Green Pyle

Brief Life History of Thomas Green

Thomas Green Pyle was born on 10 August 1817, in Dilham, Norfolk, England as the son of Daniel Pyle and Amy Green. He married Lydia Elizabeth Amis on 15 October 1849, in Dilham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Doyle Township, Clarke, Iowa, United States in 1885 and Kansas, United States in 1905. He died on 23 June 1915, in Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Americus Cemetery, Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Green Pyle
1817–1915
Lydia Elizabeth Amis
1819–1873
Marriage: 15 October 1849
Mary Anna Pyle
1850–1914
Henry Thomas Pyle
1853–1937
Louisa J Pyles
1855–
John William Pyle
1857–1932
Annette Elizabeth Pyle
1858–1909
Lettie Elise Pyle
1860–1949
Sarah Lydia Pyle
1863–1928
George Daniel Pyle
1866–1931

Sources (26)

  • Thomas Pyle, "Kansas State Census, 1905"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Pyle - birth-name: Thomas Pyle
  • Thomas Pyle, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

1818

Illinois is the 21st state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English pile ‘stake, post’ (via Old English from Latin pilum ‘spike, javelin’), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a stake or post serving as a landmark, or sometimes perhaps a nickname for a tall thin person.

Americanized form of Dutch Pijl: metonymic occupational name for a marksman or an arrowsmith, from pijl ‘arrow’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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