Brief Life History of Georgina
Georgina Sands was born about 1880, in Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States. She married Benjamin Bethel in 1898, in Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in 1950, at the age of 71.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Georgie Or Georgia Bethel in entry for Howard W. Burke and Ruby Bethel, "Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957"
Spouse and Children
1880–1948 Male
1880–1950 Female
Children (1)
1903– Female
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 1
1887 · Eatonville is Incorporated
Age 7
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 20
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English sandes ‘sands’, for someone who lived at or near a sandy place, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Sands in Carlisle (Cumberland) or Sands Cottages in West Hoathly (Sussex). See Sand , of which Sands may sometimes be a plural form or a variant, with excrescent -s. Compare also Sandes and Sandys .
History: Comfort Sands, a revolutionary patriot born in 1748 at what is now Sands’ Point, Long Island, NY, was descended from James Sand(y)s (1622–95), who emigrated from Reading, Berkshire, England, to Plymouth, MA, and followed Anne Hutchinson to Westchester County, NY, and subsequently RI. In 1661 he settled on Block Island, RI.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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