Recent Examples of knack from the Web. 1  St. Vincent, try Katie Kate Like St. Vincent, Katie Kate has a pop starâs voice and a garage DJâs knack for the experimental. 2  Donald Trump seems to have an uncanny knack for prompting overreach by his opponents and critics.
Gingham is a fabric made from dyed cotton yarn. The name is Indonesian in origin, assimilated into Dutch. When originally imported (in the 17th century), it was a striped fabric, but from the mid 18th century, when it was being produced in the mills of Manchester, England, it had become woven into checked or plaid patterns (often blue and white).
Click on a circle in the chart to view Gingham immigration records. You can find out when most of the Gingham families immigrated to the United States. You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era. Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure, port of arrival and destination.