Brief Life History of Cynthia
When Cynthia Hope was born on 25 February 1816, in Roane, Tennessee, United States, her father, James Hope, was 38 and her mother, Bersheba Walker, was 36. She married John Rufus Harvey on 29 November 1838, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died on 1 January 1890, in Roane, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Cave Creek Cemetery, Roane, Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Synthia Harvy in household of John R Harvy, "United States Census, 1850"
- Cynthia Hope Harvey, "Find A Grave Index"
- Cintha Hafen in entry for W. M. Harvey, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
Spouse and Children
1815–1878 Male
1816–1890 Female
Children (12)
1838–1908 Female
1840–1926 Female
1842–1863 Male
1845–1919 Male
1847–1907 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1777–1840 Male
1779–1842 Female
Siblings (14)
1799–1828 Male
1800–1852 Female
1802– Male
1803– Female
1805– Male
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 3
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
Age 19
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 20
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a ‘remote enclosed place’, from Middle English and Older Scots hop(e) (Old English hop); or else a habitational name from any of several places called Hope in Cheshire, Devon, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Shropshire, and North Yorkshire. A hop most often denoted a distant, secluded valley, especially in the West Midlands, northern England, and southern Scotland, but in Essex, Kent, and Sussex it usually referred to an enclosed piece of land or a promontory in a marsh or in wasteland. In other cases, the name may refer to someone who lived at a small landlocked bay or inlet, or who came from a place so named, such as Stanford le Hope in Essex, Middle Hope in Somerset, and Hope by Bolt Head in Devon (Middle English hop(e), Old English hōp, Old Norse hóp). The surname is also established in Ireland.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads, notably in Hordaland, from Old Norse hóp ‘narrow bay’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Lespérance ‘hope’ (see Lesperance ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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