Brief Life History 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 7 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
Sources (16)
- Narand Roberts in household of Lilbern Roberts, "United States Census, 1870"
- Miranda Stringfellow in entry for George W Roberts, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- Miranda Roberts in household of Lillian Roberts, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1814–1890 Male
1818–1908 Female
Children (14)
1835–1910 Female
1837–1906 Female
1840–1890 Female
1842–1930 Male
1845–1931 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1796–1884 Male
1800–1876 Female
Siblings (8)
1818–1908 Female
1820–1875 Male
1823–1898 Female
1826– Female
1827– Female
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 1
1819 · First Commercial Oil Well Opens
Age 1
1843
Age 25
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.
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