Miranda Stringfellow

15 March 1818–15 April 1908 (Age 90)
Franklin, Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of Miranda

When Miranda Stringfellow was born on 15 March 1818, in Franklin, Kentucky, United States, her father, Henry B. Stringfellow, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth A Martin, was 17. She married Lilburn Brashears Roberts about 1835, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Owen, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Adams Township, Mahaska, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. She died on 15 April 1908, in Mahaska, Iowa, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Monroe Township, Mahaska, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lilburn Brashears Roberts
1814–1890
Miranda Stringfellow
1818–1908
Marriage: about 1835
Mary Frances Roberts
1835–1910
Sarah Roberts
1847–1887
Charles F. Roberts
1855–1862
Martha Roberts
1857–
Roberts
1863–
Mary J. Roberts
1837–
America Roberts
1837–1906
Elizabeth Roberts
1840–1890
George William Roberts
1842–1930
Henry Farmer Roberts
1845–1931
John Louis Roberts
1850–1920
Joseph Roberts
1853–1947
Alice ( Twin) Roberts
1856–1856
Ellen ( Twin) Roberts
1856–1856
(Infant) Roberts
1863–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1835Kentucky, United States
    • Children

    (15)

    +10 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 1
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
    1819 · First Commercial Oil Well Opens
    Age 1
    In 1819, in McCreary County, Kentucky along Cumberland River was the site of the first commercial oil well.
    1843
    Age 25
    Historical Boundaries: 1843: Mahaska, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Mahaska, Iowa, United States

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name from Middle English string-felagh ‘string-fellow, man who works at a string-hearth’. This was the hearth or furnace at which iron was heated for its second working. A 1547 document from south Yorkshire defines the string-fellow's duties: ‘the stringefelloe wages, for layeinge the stone and breakeinge and feyinge of synders and breakeinge of the blowme and hewinge’. Thornhill and Ecclesfield were two of several iron-working districts in Yorkshire. See also Stringer .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Stringer
    Springfield
    Stringfield

    Sources (15)

    • Miranda Roberts in household of Lillian Roberts, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Miranda Stringfellow in entry for George W Roberts, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
    • Merinda Roberts in household of L B Roberts, "United States Census, 1860"

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