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While looking for Barnacle Goose without any luck I came across this interesting looking hybrid. It is possible a Canada Goose x domestic Greylag Goose cross, but I'm not 100% sure about that. Any help identifying this beauty would be appreciated.
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) x Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Grimsby, Ontario
George Gurnett (c. 1792 – November 17, 1861) was a Canadian journalist and city of Toronto politician. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.
Born in Sussex, England, he emigrated in the 1820s to Virginia. He later moved to Ancaster in Upper Canada, where he founded his first local paper, The Gore Gazette, and finally to York in 1829, where he founded the Tory paper The Courier of Upper Canada.[1] He sold The Courier in 1837.
When York was incorporated in May 1834 as the city of Toronto, Gurnett was elected to the city council as the representative for St. George's Ward. During his 17 years on the city council he served as mayor four times, in 1837, 1848, 1849, and 1850.[2] Due to his long service on council and his years as mayor he is often considered to be one of the founders of the city of Toronto.
Gurnett held many positions while on Council. In 1837 he was appointed as the city's first Tory mayor, as magistrate of the Home District, and district clerk of the peace.[3] He held positions on committees that dealt with harbour and wharves, gas and waterworks, and education. He was chairman of the board of health during the 1847 typhus epidemic [4]
Gurnett resigned from the city council at the end of 1850, after having been appointed the first police magistrate of Toronto. He served in this post until his death in 1861.[5]
Gurnett’s first wife died in 1835. In 1841 he married Catherine Darby of Trafalgar. He had eight children, six of whom died in infancy. When he died in 1861 he was survived by his second wife and two daughters
The bookplate of [George Smyth], in the collection of Daniel B. Fearing. Country: Scotland. Dimensions: 4.6 x 6.6. Features: "Mediis Tranquillus in Undis"; dolphin devouring a fish. Type: Bookplate. In the Fearing Fish Armorial collection.
George Titterton was born on 21 March 1860 and died in Woolley's Yard on 11 June 1939.
His wife, Elizabeth (maiden name unknown ) was born in about 1859 at Ible.
The couple had 2 daughters.
Ada Mary was born in 1883 and died aged 18 on 21 July 1902. Her sister (not commemorated here) was Ruth H. who was born about 1885.
Photograph by Michael Greatorex
8 April 2009
Photograph from the Derbyshire Courier 26th May 1917
Hartley, George William, Private, 23587, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
Born Eckington, Derbyshire
Enlisted Sheffield, Yorkshire
Killed in action 29th April 1917 aged 22
Son of Fanny Hartley, of 4, Church St., Eckington, Sheffield, and the late Alfred Hartley.
Buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France, Grave reference: II, P, 11
1911 Census
A coal miner pony driver
Son of Alfred, a coal miner hewer, and Fanny Hartley, of 4, Church Street, Eckington, Derbyshire
Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. During the 1880s, the Apache nicknamed Crook Nantan Lupan, which means "Grey Wolf."
Crook was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Matthews Crook on a farm near Taylorsville, Ohio (near Dayton). Nominated to the United States Military Academy by Congressman Robert Schenck, he graduated in 1852, ranking near the bottom of his class.
When the Civil War broke out, Crook accepted a commission as Colonel of Ohio's 36th regiment and led it on duty in western Virginia. He was in command of the 3rd Brigade in the District of the Kanawha where he was wounded in a small fight at Lewisburg, VA. Crook returned to command of his regiment during the Northern Virginia Campaign. He and his regiment were part of John Pope's headquarters escort at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
Crook led his brigade at the battle of South Mountain and near Burnside's Bridge at the battle of Antietam. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on September 7, 1862. During these early battles he developed a lifelong friendship with one of his subordinates, Col. Rutherford B. Hayes of the 23rd Ohio Infantry.
Crook successfully campaigned against the Snake Indians in the 1864-68 Snake War, where he won nationwide recognition. Crook had fought Indians in Oregon before the Civil War. He was assigned to the Pacific Northwest to us new tactics in this war, which had been waged for several years. Crook arrived in Boise City to take command on December 11, 1866. The general noticed that the Northern Paiute used the fall, winter and spring seasons to gather food, so he adopted the tactic recommended by a predecessor George B. Currey: to attack during the winter.[9] Crook had his cavalry approach the Paiute on foot in attack at their winter camp.
Crook served against the Sioux during the Great Sioux War of 1876-77. He fought the Lakota at the Battle of the Rosebud. On 28 May 1876, Brigadier General George Crook assumed direct command of the Bighorn and Yellowstone Expedition at Fort Fetterman. Crook had gathered a strong force from his Department of the Platte. Leaving Fort Fetterman on 29 May, the 1,051-man column consisted of 15 companies from the 2d and 3d Cavalry, 5 companies from the 4th and 9th Infantry, 250 mules, and 106 wagons. On 14 June, the column was joined by 261 Shoshone and Crow allies. Based on intelligence reports, Crook ordered his entire force to prepare for a quick march. Each man was to carry only 1 blanket, 100 rounds of ammunition, and 4 days' rations. The wagon train would be left at Goose Creek, and the infantry would be mounted on the pack mules. On 17 June, Crook's column set out at 0600, marching northward along the south fork of Rosebud Creek. The Crow and Shoshone scouts were particularly apprehensive. Although the column had not yet encountered any sign of Indians, the scouts seemed to sense their presence. The soldiers, particularly the mule-riding infantry, seemed fatigued from the early start and the previous day's 35-mile march. Accordingly, Crook stopped to rest his men and animals at 0800. Although he was deep in hostile territory, Crook made no special dispositions for defense. His troops halted in their marching order. The Cavalry battalions led the column, followed by the battalion of mule-borne foot soldiers, and a provisional company of civilian miners and packers brought up the rear.
The Crow and Shoshone scouts remained alert while the soldiers rested. Several minutes later, the soldiers heard the sound of intermittent gunfire coming from the bluffs to the north. As the intensity of fire increased, a scout rushed into the camp shouting, "Lakota, Lakota!" The Battle of the Rosebud was on. By 0830, the Sioux and Cheyenne had hotly engaged Crook's Indian allies on the high ground north of the main body. Heavily outnumbered, the Crow and Shoshone scouts fell back toward the camp, but their fighting withdrawal gave Crook time to deploy his forces. Rapidly firing soldiers drove off the attackers but used up much of the ammunition meant for use later in the campaign. Low on ammunition and with numerous wounded, the General returned to his post. Historians debate whether Crook's pressing on could have prevented the killing of the five companies of the 7th Cavalry Regiment led by George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Crook commanded the Department of the Platte from 1875 to 1882, with headquarters at Fort Omaha in North Omaha, Nebraska. During this period, in 1879, he spoke on behalf of the Ponca tribe and Native American rights during the trial of Standing Bear v. Crook, in which the federal judge affirmed that Standing Bear had some of the rights of US citizens. That same year his home, now called the General Crook House, was completed.
Saint George Monastery or Deir Mar Jirjis is a historic Antiochian Orthodox monastery located in northwestern Syria's "Valley of the Christians" (Wadi al-Nasara) in the town of Meshtaye, a village belonging to the Hims Governorate, just a few kilometers north of the famous castle Krak des Chevaliers.
Dobbies cocktail garden in George Street during the Edinburgh Festival August 2015. The bench seats have books in them.
The street has been undergoing a year-long trial, due to end on September 6th, during a dedicated cycle lane and a one-way system for general traffic and buses was introduced.
During the August festival period further disruption has been caused by closing part of the street to all traffic to create an ‘event space’ run by Universal Arts outside the New Town Theatre. This area largely provides bars and eating opportunities.
Although councillors claim they have had a lot of positive feedback, these initiatives are not universally popular and there is plenty of support locally for removing the alfresco dining and restoring the street to its former glory.
August 2021 update: Councillors are set to make George Street pedestrian only. Bus stops will be sited at either end and car parking will reduced to blue badge holders and loading access for businesses. These plans are part of Edinburgh City Council’splans to make the city centre car-free by 2030.
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Latest plans (2023): www.edinburgh.gov.uk/georgestreet/
I did not really even know who George Ezra was, but I volunteered to accompany Flo and Audrey into DC last night for his concert at the Lincoln Theatre. I was pleasantly surprised with some good music and an entertaining evening.
Labour Member of Parliament for Knowsley North and Sefton East speaks @ "Bedroom Tax" protest meeting, @ Victoria Monument, Derby Square, Liverpool.
The most photographed man in Liverpool.. or at least that's what he told us. Nice bloke and great musican.
Another era. Something of John Lennon.
He wrote the script for the praised but not very well known "Cockleshell Heroes"
Not a Michael Kent photo, but a MK relative.
5.14.George Lucas生日乔治·卢卡斯（George Lucas）是美国的电影导演、制片人和编剧，其最著名的是史诗式作品《星球大战》系列（导演）和《夺宝奇兵》系列（编剧）。他的作品《星球大战》在美国人的心目中拥有崇高的地位，曾经打破美国本土以及世界上多项票房纪录。2005年，卢卡斯获得美国电影学会颁发的AFI终身成就奖。乔治·卢卡斯与弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉、马丁·斯科塞斯、史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格合称好莱坞80年代四大导演。 来自http://dd.mu/==i5d
George Farmer speaking with attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick, Warwickshire
George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer was born 1401 to Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Lady Joan Beaufort.
1430 he succeeded to the family fortune on the of his uncle.
1436 served and fought in Scotland.
1437 Justice of the Peace for Cumberland
1439 became a member of the Privy Council.
It would seem that he suffered from dementia in his later years as the guardianship of his lands was placed with his nephew.
He died 30 December 1469.
In 1437 he had married Lady Elizabeth Beauchamp. With whom he had 4 children.
George Lewis Finch was born in Anna, Illinois on November 23, 1872. He was the son of Andrew Daniel Finch and Mary Bowman (who had moved to Anna from Hinckley, Ohio around 1867).
He married Sula Spann on December 31, 1895, and the couple had a son, Lewis Spann Finch (born in Anna on June 23, 1897).
George worked as a dentist in Anna until May 23, 1900, when he died from endocarditis (with complications from rheumatism). He is buried in the Anna Cemetery.