Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Blake was born on 22 June 1859, in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Blake, was 26 and her mother, Malinda A. L. Chauncey, was 27. She married Adolphus Franklin Cranford on 22 December 1878, in Montgomery, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Hill Township, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1920. She died on 31 October 1932, in Biscoe, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Candor, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States.
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- M J Crauford in household of Larkin Brewer, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary J Blake, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Mary Jane Crawford, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (England and central Scotland): variant of Black 1, meaning ‘swarthy’ or ‘dark-haired’, from a byform of the Old English adjective blæc, blac ‘black’, with change of vowel length.
English: nickname from Middle English blak(e) (Old English blāc) ‘wan, pale, white, fair’. In Middle English the two words blac and blāc, with opposite meanings, fell together as Middle English blake. In the absence of independent evidence as to whether the person referred to was dark or fair, it is now impossible to tell which sense was originally meant.
English (Norfolk): nickname from Middle English bleik, blaik>, blek(e) (Old Norse bleikr) ‘pale or sallow’ (in complexion).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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