When George Ann Chaney was born on 22 March 1847, in Arkansas, United States, her father, James Chisom Chaney, was 42 and her mother, Nancy Dickey Seahorn, was 37. She married William Jenkins about 1869, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Collin, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 5, Liberty, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 6 March 1926, in McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1848: Collin, Texas, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any one of several places in Normandy, Picardy, or Artois (France) named (Le) Quesnay or Quesnoy, or elsewhere in northern France named (Le or La) Chesnay or Chesnoy. The placenames all derive from Old French chesnai or its Normanno-Picard equivalent quesnai ‘oak grove’ (medieval Latin casnetum).
French: variant of Chanet, a habitational name from any of various places called Chanet or Le Chanet, from Latin canna ‘reed’ + the suffix -etum denoting an inhabitant.
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Possible Related NamesNOTE: This obituary was published in both newspapers in nearly identical form. Monday, March 8, 1926, Page 5, column 7, "The Daily Courier Gazette", McKinney, Texas. and Thursday, March 11, 1926, Sec …
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