Brief Life History of Nancy Nora
When Nancy Nora Free was born on 15 May 1836, in Illinois, United States, her father, William Hart Free, was 21 and her mother, Eliza Baker, was 20. She married Henry Tudor Sumner Jr. on 12 June 1858, in Washington, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 4, Houston County, Texas, United States in 1900 and Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1935. She died in 1914, in Logan, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Logan, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Nancy Sumner, "United States Census, 1860"
- Nancy N Free - Memory of Someone: My memory: birth-name: Nancy Free
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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1837
Historical Boundaries: 1837: Houston, Republic of Texas 1841: Burnet, Republic of Texas 1841: Houston, Republic of Texas 1845: Houston, Texas, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Hunter, Kansas Territory, United States 1860: Irving, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Irving, Kansas, United States 1864: Butler, Kansas, United States
Name Meaning
English: nickname or status name from Middle English fre ‘free’ (Old English frēo), with reference to either tenurial status (‘free born’) or to character (‘noble, generous, open-handed’).
Irish: variant of Freeman .
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Frei and Frey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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