Brief Life History of Rachel Rocheley
When Rachel Rocheley Coleman was born on 18 September 1816, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States, her father, Absalom William Coleman, was 29 and her mother, Nancy Lillard, was 30. She married William Watson Hilton on 4 January 1830, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Calhoun, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Chulafinnee, Cleburne, Alabama, United States in 1880. She died on 31 May 1896, in Cleburne, Cleburne, Alabama, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Heflin, Cleburne, Alabama, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Rachel Hilton in household of W W Hilton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rachel Coleman, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
- Rachel Rocheley Hilton, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1806–1883 Male
1816–1896 Female
Children (12)
1832–1919 Male
1833–1901 Male
1834–1868 Male
1836–1905 Male
1839–1905 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1787–1841 Male
1786–1866 Female
Siblings (9)
1811– Female
1813–1888 Male
1816–1896 Female
1817–1882 Female
1821– Female
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 3
1832
Age 16
1846
Age 30
Name Meaning
Irish and English: from the Middle English personal name Col(e)man, Old Irish Colmán, earlier Columbán, adopted as Old Norse Kalman. It was introduced into Cumbria, Westmorland, and Yorkshire by Norwegians from Ireland and probably spread widely across England. Ó Colmáin (‘descendant of Colmán’) was the name of an Irish missionary to Europe, also known as Saint Columban(us) (c. 540–615), who founded the monastery of Bobbio in northern Italy in 614. Columbanus is formally a derivative of the Latin for ‘dove’, seen in the name of the 6th-century missionary known in English as Saint Columba (521–597), who converted the Picts to Christianity. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Irish: from Mac Colmáin or Ó Colmáin ‘son (or descendant) of Colmán’.
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kalman or Kolman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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