Anna Jordan

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Jordan was born on 2 February 1804, in Fayette, Virginia, United States, her father, John Jordan, was 29 and her mother, Agnes Cunningham, was 25. She married William Theophilus Smith on 27 July 1826, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wyoming, Otoe, Nebraska, United States in 1860 and Plattsmouth, Cass, Nebraska, United States in 1870. She died on 4 December 1876, in Steele City, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Election Precinct, Cass, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Theophilus Smith
1803–1858
Anna Jordan
1804–1876
Marriage: 27 July 1826
David Simpson Smith
1827–1914
Margaret Elizabeth Smith
1829–1914
Milton Marion Smith
1832–1902
Lorenzo Waugh Smith
1834–1917
William T Smith
1837–1915
Armilda Anna Smith
1848–1931

Sources (15)

  • Anne Gage in household of William D Gage, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Anna Jordon, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Anna Jordan, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

Name Meaning

English, German, French (mainly Alsace and Haute-Savoie), Polish, Czech, and Slovenian; Spanish and Hungarian (Jordán): from the Christian personal name or nickname Jordan. This is taken from the name of the river Jordan (Hebrew Yarden, a derivative of yarad ‘to go down’, i.e. to the Dead Sea). At the time of the Crusades it was a common practice for crusaders and pilgrims to bring back flasks of water from the river in which John the Baptist had baptized people, including Christ himself, and to use it in the christening of their own children. As a result Jordan became quite a common personal name.

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

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