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Gerrish
Gerrish may refer to: People * Benjamin Gerrish (1717–1772), merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia * Billy Gerrish (1884–1916), English professional footballer * Howard Gerrish (1910–1988), author and teacher * Jeffrey Gerrish, American lawyer * John Gerrish (1910–2010), American composer * Joseph Gerrish (1709–1774), soldier, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia * Louise Gerrish (born 1948), track and field athlete * Samuel Gerrish 1680s-1741), bookseller and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts * Sylvia Gerrish (1860–1906), American musical theatre performer * William Gerrish (1898–1978), British philatelist * Winfield Scott Gerrish (1849-1882), figure in the lumber industry Geography * Gerrish Township, Michigan, a civil township in Michigan * Gerrish Warehouse, an historic warehouse in Maine Other * E.H. Gerrish Canoe Company E.H. Gerrish (1847-1930) is credited with being the first person to sell wood-canvas canoes commercially. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Gerrish
Sylvia Gerrish (born Lillian M. Rollins; May 1860 – December 8, 1906) was an American musical theatre performer who found success in New York and London in the 1880s and early 1890s. She was known as "The Girl with the Poetical Legs"."Poetical Legs Had This Beauty" ''The Paducah Daily Sun'', December 20, 1906, accessed October 2, 2012 Gerrish began her career in San Francisco theatres in 1880 and commenced a long tour with Willie Edouin, Willie Edouin’s company the following year in a piece called ''Dreams''. She continued touring until 1883, and in 1884 she began to play roles on Broadway theatre, Broadway, especially at Bijou Theatre (Manhattan), Bijou Opera House and the Casino Theatre (Broadway), Casino Theatre, achieving considerable popularity. She travelled to London in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gerrish
John O'Neill Gerrish (August 14, 1910 – November 29, 2010) was an American composer of the 20th century, best known for ''The Falcon'', a cappella piece for SATB based on the Middle or Early Modern English Corpus Christi Carol. Early life Gerrish was the son of Charles Percy Gerrish and Mary Elizabeth O'Neill of Potsdam (town), New York, Potsdam, New York. He graduated from Crane School of Music in 1930, and led a dance band during the 1930s. He taught for ten years at Franklin Academy in Malone, New York and was a professor of music at Kean University in New Jersey for most of his career. Music In addition to ''The Falcon'', Gerrish's better-known works include ''Variations on a Burgundian Carol for 3 Recorders'', based on the carol Patapan, published in New York by Associated Music Publishers in 1957. Reviewer, Joel Newman, called the work "neatly-constructed, fun-to-play, but merely-cute variations." Other published compositions include ''Why do the Bells of Christmas Ring?'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Gerrish
Joseph Gerrish (September 29, 1709 – June 3, 1774) was a soldier, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia). He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of John Gerrish and Sarah Hobbes. He entered business with his father, a Boston merchant. In 1740, Gerrish married Mary Brenton. He served with the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745) and then wounded at the Battle of Grand Pré. With a partner, he supplied goods to the garrison at Annapolis Royal. In 1749, he moved to Halifax. He established a fishing business which failed and supported his family by farming. He served as justice of the peace and judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. In 1759, he was named naval storekeeper for the royal shipyard. In the same year, he was named to the Nova Scotia Council. With his brother Benjamin, he helped organize a boyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Gerrish
Jeffrey Gerrish is an American lawyer. He previously served as the Deputy United States Trade Representative, Gerrish was previously a partner in the International Trade Group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Gerrish was a member of President Trump's trade transition team. Gerrish has experience litigating trade disputes before the United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Commission, federal courts, North American Free Trade Agreement bi-national panels, and the World Trade Organization. He has been appointed by the chief judge of the United States Court of International Trade to serve as a member of the court's Rules Advisory Committee. On April 24, 2018, President Trump appointed Gerrish as the acting chairman and president of the Export–Import Bank of the United States. Gerrish served in this position until May 9, 2019, upon the swearing-in of Kimberly A. Reed. Gerrish was chosen to lead the US-delegation in trade-talks with China beginning in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Gerrish
Benjamin Gerrish (October 19, 1717 – May 6, 1772) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1759 to 1768. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of John Gerrish and Sarah Hobbes. Binney married Rebecca Dudley in 1744 and they moved to Halifax around 1751, shortly after his brother Joseph had moved there. Gerrish set up in business with Joseph Gray, his brother Joseph's son-in-law. With others, he lobbied for representative government in the province. He and his brother were elected to the first assembly, but Benjamin was apparently out of the province and did not serve. He did serve in the second to fourth assemblies. In 1760, he was named justice of the peace for Halifax County, a captain in the militia and Indian commissary. When Jonathan Belcher became lieutenant governor, he removed Gerrish from the commissary contract. When Belcher allowed the province's debtor's act to lapse in 1761, Gerrish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Gerrish
__NOTOC__ Samuel Gerrish (1680s–1741) was a bookseller and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century. He kept a shop "near the brick meeting house in Cornhill," and published works by Thomas Prince and others. Employees included Thomas Hancock. Family He married Mary Sewall (daughter of Samuel Sewall) in 1709; children included Samuel Gerrish (d.1751).Boston Evening Post.; 10-21-1751 See also * List of booksellers in Boston This is a partial list of bookselling, booksellers in Boston, Massachusetts. Booksellers in Boston 17th century * John Allen * William Avery * Joseph Brunning (a.k.a. Joseph Browning), Court St. * Nicholas Buttolph * Duncan Campbell * James C ... References Further reading Published by Gerrish * Thomas Prince. ''Annals of the New England Colonies.'' Cotton Mather. ''A vindication of the ministers of Boston: from the abuses & scandals, lately cast upon them, in diverse printed papers.'' (1722) About Gerrish * * Businessp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrish Township, Michigan
Gerrish Township is a civil township of Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,993 at the 2010 census. Communities *Sharps Corner is an unincorporated community located near South Higgins Lake State Park along the township line with Markey Township at . Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (25.87%) is water. Gerrish Township has a long coastline and mostly surrounds Higgins Lake and the much smaller Marl Lake, as well as most of the boundaries of South Higgins Lake State Park. The Cut River begins at Higgins Lake within Gerrish Township and flows south through Markey Township to Houghton Lake. History The location started as the Gerrish Logging Camp. On April 5, 1880, at the camp, area residents met and elected officers for their newly formed township. The first Township Supervisor was James Watson (1880, 1883-1889). The longest serving Township Supervisor was Wiley E. Sims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Gerrish
William Webber Walter Gerrish (28 December 1884 – 8 August 1916), sometimes known as Willie Gerrish, was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Aston Villa and Preston North End. Personal life Gerrish's brother Howard was also a footballer. In February 1915, six months into the First World War, Gerrish enlisted in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He was severely wounded in both legs by a shell blast at Delville Wood on 8 August 1916 and died later that day. Gerrish has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. It is near the .... Career statistics Honours Aston Villa * Football League First Division: 1909–10 References English men' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Gerrish
Howard H. Gerrish (December 10, 1910 – June 12, 1988) was a writer and teacher whose influence extended widely through the technology and electronics community of the early 1960s-80s. He authored and co-authored numerous books that taught, and continue to teach, electronics. He taught for twenty-four years at three California State Colleges/Universities: Chico, San Jose and Humboldt. He was born in Lisbon, Maine. Written works include * 1961 Electricity—A Build-a-Course unit as well as 1961 Electronics—A Build-a-Course. Written while an assistant professor, Industrial Arts, Chico State College * Electricity and Electronics, 1964. Written when an associate professor at San Jose State College—in the acknowledgments he notes faculty and support from his years at Chico State * "Modern general shop; four complete general shop books combined in one volume," with others, 1964: Brown, Walter Charles, Drafting, Wagner, Willis H. Woodworking, Boyd, T. Gardner. Metalworking, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Gerrish
Louise Gerrish (born 1948 in Melrose, MA) is a former nationally renowned track and field athlete. During the mid-1960s, Gerrish lived in Livonia, Michigan and was a high school All-American and one of the best javelin throwers in the United States; even though the javelin throw is not an official Michigan High School Athletic Association event. As a Livonia-Franklin High School sophomore, Gerrish finished first at the 1964 USA (AAU) national 17 and under championships. The same week she finished third at the 1964 USA Amateur Athletic Union adult national championships; she reprised her bronze medal performance at the 1966 AAU finals. The following year, Gerrish placed third at the Pan-American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ... Trials; she also recorded a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrish Warehouse
The Gerrish Warehouse was a historic 18th-century warehouse, located on Pepperrell Cove in Kittery Point, Maine. Built c. 1710, it was one element of the Pepperrell family's shipping empire, notably run in the mid-18th century by Sir William Pepperrell. Converted into a ship chandlery in the 19th century, it was sold to the Maine Maritime Museum in 1976, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The museum's plan to move the building by barge to a new location was judged infeasible, and it was subsequently demolished after the museum had recovered its contents. It was removed from the National Register in 2015. Description and history The Gerrish Warehouse was located on the southern shore of Kittery Point, off Pepperrell Road (Maine State Route 103) just beyond the cemetery of the First Congregational Church. The building was a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gable roof, clapboard siding, and a stone foundation, and measured about . It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrish's Regiment
Gerrish's Regiment was one of the 27 infantry regiments of the Massachusetts line created by the Continental Congress in 1775. Commanded by Colonel Samuel Gerrish, the unit saw action in the Boston and Cambridge campaigns and fought at Bunker Hill June 17, 1775. Formation The unit was one of many established on June 14, 1775, when the Continental Congress assumed responsibility for militia regiments that had been raised by the colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Most of these units, including Gerrish's Regiment, were stationed outside Boston, Massachusetts, where they besieged the city occupied by British troops under the command of General Thomas Gage. Reorganization As 1775 came to a close, with no end in sight to the siege of Boston and troops in Quebec preparing to attack Quebec City, Congress authorized a second establishment of the army, with a new regimental structure. List of Continental Army units (1775) Gerrish's Regiment then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
