Janet "Jennie" Doren

Brief Life History of Janet "Jennie"

When Janet "Jennie" Doren was born on 1 September 1791, in Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States, her father, William Alexander Doran, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Lowry, was 34. She married John W Ward about 1810, in Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 13 daughters. She died in November 1839, in Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 48.

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Family Time Line

John W Ward
1783–1865
Janet "Jennie" Doren
1791–1839
Marriage: about 1810
James G. Ward
1801–1889
Anna Smith Ward
1808–
Mary B. “Polly” Ward
1812–1899
Mary Ward
1815–
Alexander Ward
about 1819–1891
Edmund Ward
Elizabeth Ward
1804–
Obadiah Ward
1805–1874
Jonathan S Ward
1807–
Phoebe Ward
1810–
Margaret Ward
1814–1862
Athena H Ward
1814–1899
Harriet Ward
1814–1891
Orpha Ward
1818–1883
Elizabeth Ward
1820–1879
Eliza Ward
1822–1842
Susan J Ward
1829–1881
Nancy Naomi Ward
1835–1888

Sources (4)

  • 1850 Census of Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jane - Published information: birth-name: Jane
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jane Doran - Published information: death: from 1834 to 1839; ,Johnson, Tennessee, United States

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State

On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

Name Meaning

German (Dören): habitational name from any of the places called Döhren, in Hanover and Westphalia. In North America, this surname may also be a shortened form of various German surnames beginning with Doren-, for example Dorenberg, Dorendorff.

Dutch: reflex of Doorn with epenthesis.

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

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