Brief Life History of Mahala
When Mahala Roddy was born about 1806, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States, her father, Jesse Roddye, was 32 and her mother, Jane 'Jenny' Mahaffe, was 30. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Moses Farmer. She lived in Cass, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died on 2 June 1859, at the age of 54, and was buried in Pleasant Hill Township, Cass, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Mahala Farmer in household of Mosy Farmer, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mahaley Roddy, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
- Mahala Farmer, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1807–1859 Male
1806–1859 Female
Children (3)
1835–1887 Male
1841–1878 Female
1846–1870 Female
Parents and Siblings
1775–1861 Male
1778–1830 Female
Siblings (10)
1798–1851 Female
1801–1840 Male
1802–1867 Female
1804– Female
1806–1859 Female
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World Events (6)
1808
Age 2
1812
Age 6
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
Age 15
Name Meaning
Irish:
of Galway origin, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rodaigh ‘descendant of Rodach’, a personal name based on rod ‘spirited, lively, strong’. Forms with vowel e derive from a variant, Ó Roidigh. Compare Redding .
shortened Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rodacháin ‘descendant of Rodachán’, a personal name which is a diminutive of rodach. This was an ecclesiastical family in Leitrim. A variant Ó Roideacháin gives Redican , for which Reddington was sometimes adopted as an Anglicized equivalent.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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