Elisabeth Gimson

Female2 January 1791–

Brief Life History of Elisabeth

When Elisabeth Gimson was christened on 2 January 1791, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Gimson, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Foster, was 11788.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Gimson
1768–
Elizabeth Foster
1768–
Thomas Foster Gimson
1790–1876
Elisabeth Gimson
1791–
Joseph Gimson
1794–1873
John Gimson
1799–

Sources (2)

  • Elisabeth Ginson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Elisabeth Ginson, "England, Nottinghamshire, Church Records, 1578-1937"

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Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

English: (i) relationship name, ‘son of Jimme or Gemme’, from Middle English pet forms of the male (and possibly female) personal names German and Jemes, a variant of James ( see also Gem ). If this medieval surname survived into early modern times it will have become indistinguishable from (ii). (ii) relationship name; late Middle English and early Modern English variant of Jameson ‘son of James’.

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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