Sarah "Jane" Queen

Brief Life History of Sarah "Jane"

When Sarah "Jane" Queen was born on 12 August 1872, in Haywood, North Carolina, United States, her father, Robert Henry Queen, was 39 and her mother, Nancy Stroup, was 39. She married Robert Lee Ray Sr on 7 January 1890, in Haywood, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pigeon Township, Haywood, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years and South Point Township, Gaston, North Carolina, United States in 1910. She died on 2 March 1916, in Sunburst, Haywood, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Sunburst Cemetery, Canton, Haywood, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lee Ray Sr
1872–1950
Sarah "Jane" Queen
1872–1916
Marriage: 7 January 1890
Lavonia Louisa B Ray
1890–1911
Jesse Emaline Ray
1897–
Fred Henry Ray
1893–1961
Lucious Talley Ray
1895–1958
Thomas "Roland" Ray Sr
1899–1988
William "Charles" Ray
1902–1962
Robert Lee Ray Jr
1906–1967
Edgar Fredrick Ray
1912–1975

Sources (34)

  • Martha J Queen in household of Robert H Queen, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Jane Ray, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Martha Jane Queen Ray, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1877 · Last Troops Leave

In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

Scottish: shortened form of McQueen .

English: from the Middle English female personal name Quene, sometimes a pet form of Quenill (Old English Cwēnhild, from cwēn ‘queen’ + hild ‘battle’). Early examples of the name are mainly from southern England, especially Sussex, but its currency in late medieval northern England has also been suggested by records from Yorkshire.

English: possibly a nickname from Middle English quene ‘woman; harlot; crone’ (Old English cwēn), but this is less likely than 2 to have given rise to a hereditary surname.

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

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