Brief Life History of Mary Sophia
When Mary Sophia Reed was born on 6 October 1842, in Carroll, Maryland, United States, her father, Jacob Reed, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Derr, was 20. She had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with William T Clingan. She lived in Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland, United States for about 20 years and District 1, Carroll, Maryland, United States in 1910. She died on 5 April 1923, in Carroll, Maryland, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland, United States.
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- Mary S Clingan, "United States Census, 1910"
- Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899
- Mary Sophia Reed Clingan, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .
English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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