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This interesting and ancient english surname is recorded in several forms including gale, gail, geil, geill, gayle, gails and no doubt others as well. We all are from the line of his brother david gale born c. An online bookseller that specializes in searching for rare, out of print and hard to find books on all subject, with a strong specialty in australia titles for those looking for history books. Your name in history book collection olive tree genealogy. It has seen masculine and feminine use consecutively in the united states. Instead, check the index of mailing lists for a soundalike name. The next chapter, entitled the gale family, constitutes a history of the family of thomas moores mother, beatrice mclean, whose mother was born olive gale. The book genealogical guide to the early settlers mentions four people with this surname. Family history eresources yarra plenty regional library. The surname gales was first found in cornwall where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the norman conquest and the arrival of duke william at hastings in 1066 a. Gale, a part of cengage learning, is a leading publisher and aggregator providing educational content, tools, services and other resources to academic libraries, public libraries, school libraries, and businesses. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces. A nickname for a cheerfull or or roisterous person. The internet surname db libraries, museums, archives.
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Henry gale who immigrated from australia to utah remained there. Anthony gale died 1843, fourth commandant of the united states marine corps. There is an outline pedigree of the gale family in the visitation of yorkshire 1563. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.
The book is just one of an entire series of family name books in the our name in history collection. In 1891 there were 1,560 gale families living in london. Family names are an essential part of everyones personal history. In the books he wears a suit decorated with light bulbs. Learn about the history of this surname and heraldry from our database and online image library. Ontario had the highest population of gale families in 1911. Easily embed content on your website or in printed materials. Browse biographies by family surname my genealogy hound. He is fiercely devoted to his family and to katniss and is a true rebel and visionary at heart. Our name in history is a series of unique paperback books of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary, each following a specific family name as far back in history as possible. One, juliana le gale, is recorded in the subsidy rolls of cambridgeshire 27.
Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the usa, and how they made the journey from the ship name. Gale in ancestry message boards browse or post a query about your genealogy, surname origin, or family history in the gale surname forum. Azure, on a fess between three saltires or, three lions heads erased, gules. Records for your research in victoria include electoral rolls name or. This is an open forum to discuss the origin, the meaning and the family stories of the surname gale. The most mc gale families were found in the usa in 1880. The meaning, origin and history of the given name gale. In the modern idiom, the surname is found with the variant spellings, gale, gail, gallon and gayle. Create custom collections or groupings of titles that align with goals and initiatives. Gale is name thats been used by parents who are considering unisex or nongendered baby names baby names that can be used for any gender. New york had the highest population of gale families in 1840. London had the highest population of gale families in 1891. The most influential books in history, best womanauthored books, best feminist books, best history books nonfiction, wellwritten holocau.
Your name in history collection olive tree genealogy. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our books research. As a womans name, it is a short form of the biblical name abigail. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the persons given names to the link. Older son samuel was married to mary van couwenhoven, they had a daughter dinah gale born c. British library newspapers part of gale historical newspapers contains. In 1840 there were 141 gale families living in new york.
Please keep in mind that this is a list of only the primary biography subject surnames. A free guide to help you discover gale ancestors in online databases, obituaries, surname histories, census and military records, naturalization petitions, and. Find the origins, meaning of the gale name, photos, and more. Jul 20, 2018 gale family history, genealogy, and family tree. One, john gale, is recorded as living in virginia, on february 16th 1623. The mc gale family name was found in the usa, the uk, and canada between 1880 and 1920. The meaning, origin and history of the given name gayle. Meaning, origin and history of the name gale 2 behind. Gale is an ancient english surname, originally a nickname for someone merry, from old englishold.
History, genealogy, and ancestry bernard burkes book the landed gentry discusses this family name. This was about 36% of all the recorded gale s in canada. Gail carson levine, american author gail simone, american comic book. Jun, 2019 the meaning, origin and history of the given name gale 2 names. Find gale trees, crests, genealogies, biographies, dna projects, and much more at the largest directory to free and pay genealogical sources. Family history books includes over 80,000 digitised family history publications. With gale ebooks, bookmarked links never change and are sharable to nonusers. A comprehensive guide to the origins, meanings, etymologies and distribution of thousands of british surnames. It is quite possible for two people with the gale last name to have been given that surname for entirely different reasons. The theadore name in history, the kagawa name in history, the curphy name in history, the mitchner name in history, the hamrick name in history ancestr.
Perhaps from old norse gol breeze, or old danish gal bad, furious often used of weather, which are related to old. Perhaps from old norse gol breeze, or old danish gal bad, furious often used of weather, which are related to old norse galinn furious, mad, frantic. This was about 33% of all the recorded mc gale s in the uk. This was about 17% of all the recorded gale s in the uk. This site is devoted to genealogy research, including my own family ancestral lines currently being conducted, as well as collateral lines. Gale admin users have the ability to organize titles within a subject area so the most relevant titles are displayed first. He was one of the earliest settlers in the new world. Gale is an ancient english surname, originally a nickname for someone merry, from old englishold french galgail. My mother, elsie gale loved her gale family and her surname. Jamaican family search genealogy research library home page. The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding recordkeeping made possible by advances in the printing press. But her name is one of the few that gets an explanation. British surnames, british last names and british surname.
In 1939, general labourer and unpaid domestic duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the uk named gayle. In 1891 there was 1 mc gale family living in durham. Chapter iii narrates the story of cassandra chroness fathers family. Search the history of over 411 billion web pages on the internet. We have a vast digital archive of research databases, reference books both ebook and print, and more. Gale, a part of cengage learning, is a leading publisher and aggregator providing educational content, tools, services and other resources to academic libraries, public libraries, school libraries, and.
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