Husband Thomas de Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley 1
Born: 1245
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Died: 23 Jul 1321 - Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
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Marriage: 1267
Wife Joan de Ferrers 2 3
Born: Abt 1248 - Derbyshire, England
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Died: 19 Mar 1309 - Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Buried: - St. Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Father: Sir William de Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby (Abt 1193-1254) 3 4 5
Mother: Margaret de Quincy (1218-1280) 2 3 6
Children
1 M Maurice de Berkeley 2
AKA: Maurice "the Magnanimous" de Berkeley
Born: Apr 1271 - <Berkeley Castle, > [near Gloucester], Gloucestershire, England
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Died: 31 May 1326 - Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire (Oxfordshire), England
Buried: - St. Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Spouse: Eve La Zouche (Abt 1281-1314) 7
Marr: 1289 - Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Research Notes: Husband - Thomas de Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley
From Wikipedia - Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley :
Thomas de Berkeley aka The Wise (1245 - 23 July 1321 ), 1st Baron Berkeley, was an English baron , soldier and diplomat .
Thomas was born in 1245 at Berkeley Castle in the English county of Gloucestershire , the son of Sir Maurice de Berkeley and Isabel FitzRoy . In 1267, he married Joan de Ferrers, the daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and Margaret de Quinci, and was succeeded by his son Maurice de Berkeley II .
Berkeley fought in the Battle of Evesham . He inherited the title of Baron de Berkeley [feudal baron] in 1281 and was created 1st Baron Berkeley [England by writ] on 28 June 1283 . He was a commissioner to examine the claims to the crown of Scotland in June 1292.
He was on an embassy to France in January 1296 and held the office of Vice-Constable of England in 1297. He fought in the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298 and fought in the siege of Caerlaverock in July 1300. He was on an embassy to Pope Clement V in July 1307. He fought in the Battle of Bannockburn on 24 June 1314 , where he was taken prisoner, and paid a large sum for his ransom. He died at Berkeley on 23 July 1321 .
Birth Notes: Child - Maurice de Berkeley
Husband Gerald FitzMaurice 1st Baron of Offaly 8
Born: Abt 1150
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Died: Bef 15 Jan 1204
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Father: Maurice FitzGerald Lord of Lanstephan, Wales (Abt 1100-1176) 9 10
Mother: Alice de Montgomery ( - ) 11
Marriage: Abt 1193
Events
• Fought: in the siege of Dublin, 1171.
Wife Eve de Bermingham 12
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Died: Bef Dec 1226
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Father: Robert de Bermingham ( - ) 12
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1 M Sir Maurice FitzGerald 2nd Baron Offaly 13 14
Born: 1190
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Died: 1257 - Youghal, Cork, Ireland
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Spouse: Juliane ( - ) 13
Research Notes: Husband - Gerald FitzMaurice 1st Baron of Offaly
First husband of Eve de Bermingham.
Research Notes: Wife - Eve de Bermingham
Caughter and heiress of Robert de Bermingham. She brough Offaly to Gerald FitzMaurice and his heirs.
Husband Robert de Bermingham 12
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1 F Eve de Bermingham 12
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Spouse: Gerald FitzMaurice 1st Baron of Offaly (Abt 1150-Bef 1204) 8
Marr: Abt 1193
Husband Major Thomas Todd 15 16
AKA: Thomas Todd "the Younger"
Born: 1660 - Toddsbury, Gloucester Co., Virginia, (United States)
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Died: 1725
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Father: Captain Thomas Todd (1619-1675) 17 18 19 20
Mother: Anne Gorsuch (1638-1694) 17 21
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Wife Elizabeth Bernard 22
Born: 1653
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1 M Thomas Todd IV 15 23
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Spouse: Elinor Dorsey of Hockley (1715-1760)
2 M Robert Todd 15
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Research Notes: Husband - Major Thomas Todd
From Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, pp. 48-49:
Thomas Todd, 3rd, who styled himself "The Younger," was the inheritor of "North Point," and the father of Thomas Todd, 4th, and Robert Todd, to whom he left his large estate. The old homestead, that has always been owned by Thomas Todd, descended to Thomas Todd, 4th.
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According to First Families of Howard County, he inherited "Toddsbury."
Husband < > Berry (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Ann Rogers 24
AKA: Ann Berry
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Died: After 11 Sep 1808
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Father: Benjamin Rogers (1748-Between 1808/1809) 25 26
Mother: Jane Moss (1748-1809) 27 28
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Husband Richard Berry 29
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Wife Sarah Dorsey 29
Born: 25 Sep 1739
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Father: Michael Dorsey (1713-1776) 30 31 32
Mother: Ruth Todd (Abt 1715-1789) 30 32
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Husband Geroy Le Goz de Montreuil 33
AKA: Giroie Le Goz de Montreuil
Born: Abt 968 - <Heugon, (Orne or Pas-de-Calais)>, France
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Father: Arnold le Gros (Abt 0936- ) 34
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Wife Gisela Bertrand de Bastenburg 34
Born: Abt 978 - <Montfort, (France)>
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Father: Toussaint de Bertrand (Abt 0952- ) 34
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1 F Hawise d'Échauffour 33
AKA: Hawise de Échauffour
Born: Abt 1007 - <Échauffour, (Orne)>, Normandy, France
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Spouse: Robert II de Grandmesnil (Abt 0990-1039) 33
Husband Toussaint de Bertrand 34
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1 F Gisela Bertrand de Bastenburg 34
Born: Abt 978 - <Montfort, (France)>
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Spouse: Geroy Le Goz de Montreuil (Abt 0968- ) 33
Husband George Knolf 35
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Died: 13 Aug 1874
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Wife Anna M. Best 36 37
AKA: Anna Knolf
Born: 27 Mar 1830
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Died: 8 Nov 1895 - Davis, Stephenson, Illinois, United States
Buried: - Davis Cemetery, Davis, Stephenson, Illinois, United States
Father: Jacob N. Best 35
Mother: Susanna < >
Other Spouse: Aaron Gold (1820-1890) 35 38 39 40 41 - 1 Feb 1876 - Pennsylvania, United States
Children
Death Notes: Wife - Anna M. Best
Obituary from FindaGrave.com:
Daily Register Gazette (Rockford, IL)
Friday, November 15, 1895
Mrs. Anna M. Gold, who died a few days ago at Davis, aged 65, had been a member of the Evangelical church half a century. She left three brothers and six sisters. She had been a faithful mother to the 10 children of her second husband, Mr. Gold to lives of usefulness, most of them occupying important positions in the northwest.
Research Notes: Wife - Anna M. Best
Husband Aaron Gold 35 38 39 40 41
Born: 2 Aug 1820 - Plainfield Twp, Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
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Died: 26 Jun 1890 - Davis, Stephenson, Illinois, United States
Buried: - Davis Cemetery, Davis, Stephenson, Illinois, United States
Father: Johannes Gold (1795-1864) 35 42
Mother: Maria Magdalene Stocker (1799-1889) 35 43
Marriage: 1 Feb 1876 - Pennsylvania, United States
Other Spouse: Ellen S. Cahoon (1828-1874) 35 44 45 - 15 Jun 1845 - Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States 46
Events
• Moved: from Easton, Pennsylvania to Davis, Illinois, 1857.
• Census: U.S., 12 Jul 1860, Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois, United States. 47
• Census: U.S., Aug 1870, Rock Run, Stephenson, Illinois, United States. 48
• Occupation: hotel keeper, 1880.
• Residence: Stanton Street, 1880, Davis, Stephenson, Illinois, United States.
• Census: U.S., 10 Jun 1880, Davis, Stephenson, Illinois, United States. 49
Wife Anna M. Best 36 37
AKA: Anna Knolf
Born: 27 Mar 1830
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Died: 8 Nov 1895 - Davis, Stephenson, Illinois, United States
Buried: - Davis Cemetery, Davis, Stephenson, Illinois, United States
Father: Jacob N. Best 35
Mother: Susanna < >
Other Spouse: George Knolf ( -1874) 35
Children
Birth Notes: Husband - Aaron Gold
He may have been born in Bath, Pennsylvania. Website http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gmiller31&id=I3113 has born 2 Aug 1820 in Bushkill Twp, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania.
Research Notes: Husband - Aaron Gold
Second husband of Anna M. Best.
From History of Dakota Territory, 1915:
[Aaron Gold] was born in Pennsylvania on the 2d of August, 1820, and passed away June 26, 1890, when almost seventy years of age, while [Ellen (Calhoun) Gold], who was born in Ohio in 1829, died on the 21st of June, 1874.
They were married in Easton, Pennsylvania, where they resided until 1857, when they removed with their family to Davis, Illinois. The father entered land from the government in that state and for a time engaged in its cultivation but subsequently removed to Davis, where he conducted a hotel during the remainder of his life. For four years in his early manhood he followed the carpenter's trade.
To Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Gold were born ten children. Tillie resides with her brothers,
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Notes from a Pedigree Chart prepared by Donald W. Gold dated 25 Jul 1996:
Aaron Gold worked in the brick kilns as a young man in Pennsylvania. In 1857 he built a hotel in Davis, Illinois (Stephenson County) naming it the "Pennsylvania House". He had an eighty acre farm outside of the town that he ran also. He talked with a heavy Pennsylvania German accent. His children became Methodist as they were older. His brother Reuben lived with him, his sister Maria Ann lived a few miles away."
Death Notes: Wife - Anna M. Best
Obituary from FindaGrave.com:
Daily Register Gazette (Rockford, IL)
Friday, November 15, 1895
Mrs. Anna M. Gold, who died a few days ago at Davis, aged 65, had been a member of the Evangelical church half a century. She left three brothers and six sisters. She had been a faithful mother to the 10 children of her second husband, Mr. Gold to lives of usefulness, most of them occupying important positions in the northwest.
Research Notes: Wife - Anna M. Best
Second wife of Aaron Gold.
Notes: Marriage
May have been married to Aaron Gold on 1 Feb 1877 at Davis, Illinois.
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