Brief Life History of Irene Lanier
When Irene Lanier Love was born on 5 June 1844, in Autauga, Alabama, United States, her father, Addison Coleman Love, was 28 and her mother, Caroline Lafayette Boddie, was 19. She married Malcolm Smith Wadsworth on 16 November 1866, in Autauga, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Alabama, United States in 1870 and Prattville, Autauga, Alabama, United States in 1880. She died on 26 January 1871, in Autauga, Alabama, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Love Cemetery, Mulberry, Autauga, Alabama, United States.
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Sources (13)
- P A Wadsworth in household of M S Wadsworth, "United States Census, 1880"
- Irene Love, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Reenie, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (5)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from a Middle English personal name derived from the Old English female name Lufu ‘love’, or the masculine equivalent Lufa. Compare Leaf 2.
English and Scottish: nickname from Anglo-Norman French love ‘she-wolf’ or simply ‘wolf’, the word love being a back-formation from the diminutive forms lovel and lovet ‘little wolf’. See also Low 3, from Anglo-Norman French lou, the more usual form of the word.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhionghuin (see McKinnon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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