Researching George Terrell
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 504 people with the Terrell surname? In that year Terrell was ranked number 3075 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Terrell on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Terrell and the Terrell Family History
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Some Famous People called George Terrell
George Terrell
George John Edmond de Beauvoir Terrell (June 1862 – 7 November 1952) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chippenham at the January 1910 general election, defeating the Liberal incumbent John Poynder Dickson. At the December 1918 general election he was challenged by Liberal candidate Albert Bennett and Labour party candidate Reuben George, but beat both of them to retain his seat as MP. He held the Chippenham seat until his defeat at the 1922 general election by the Liberal candidate Alfred Bonwick.
He was the father of Sir Reginald Terrell; unusually, father and son sat in Parliament at the same time, with Reginald representing Henley from 1918 until 1924.
Source: George Terrell, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaGeorge Whitfield Terrell
George Whitfield Terrell (1803 – 1846) was an attorney general, judge, and diplomat in the Republic of Texas.
He was born in Kentucky in 1803. His father was James Terrell. His family moved to Tennessee when he was a child. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1827.
Terrell became Attorney General (equivalent to a district attorney) for the Thirteenth District of Tennessee in 1829 and served until 1836. Some sources state that he was appointed to this position by then Governor Sam Houston. Another states that he was elected by the Tennessee legislature.
He moved to Mississippi in 1837 where he experienced financial problems, shortly afterward moving to the Texas republic for a fresh start. In 1840 he was appointed as a district attorney by then President Mirabeau Lamar, Sam Houston's rival, but declined to accept his offer to become Secretary of State. Upon his re-election to the Texas Presidency in late 1841, Houston appointed him Attorney General.
From 1840 to 1842 Terrell was District Judge for the Fifth District, which office also served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas.
In 1843 Terrell, along with Edward H. Tarrant, negotiated the Treaty of Bird's Fort with nine tribes of Native Americans.
Terrell also served as a diplomat, representing Texas interests to the nations of France, Great Britain, and Spain.
He was an opponent of annexation by the United States.
Terrell knew Andrew Jackson and in 1842 gave the former U.S. President the gift of a pipe carved from a stone from the Alamo. This pipe is now in the collection of the Hermitage Museum.
He died in 1846 in Austin, Texas and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Source: George Whitfield Terrell, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Terrell
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