William Thomas Lane

Brief Life History of William Thomas

When William Thomas Lane was born on 7 October 1847, in Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, Abraham Zachary Lane Jr, was 41 and his mother, Barbara Lotts, was 31. He married Rebecca Catharine Craft on 22 August 1878, in Scott, Fauquier, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Taylor District, Scott, Virginia, United States for about 60 years. He died on 9 January 1941, in Scott, Virginia, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Lane Cemetery, Gate City, Scott, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Thomas Lane
1847–1941
Rebecca Catharine Craft
1854–1935
Marriage: 22 August 1878
James Z. Lane
1879–1885
Barbary Lane
1881–1885
Miles E. Lane
1883–1886
Pearl Emily Lane
1886–1965
John Van Buren Lane
1888–1952
Henry Lee Lane Sr.
1891–1960
Carl E. Lane
1894–1970

Sources (46)

  • Wm T Lane in household of Carl Lane, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Wm. Lane, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Jas, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"

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1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

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Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .

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

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