Rachel McGuire

Brief Life History of Rachel

When Rachel McGuire was born on 25 April 1782, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Patrick McGuire, was 32 and her mother, Catherine Katie Kate Prigmore, was 21. She married Joseph McCuistion on 24 January 1813. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 12 June 1868, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mount Horeb, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph McCuistion
1775–1862
Rachel McGuire
1782–1868
Marriage: 24 January 1813
Catherine McCuistion
1813–1871
James McCuistion
1815–1902
Elizabeth Jane McCuistion
1820–1861

Sources (4)

  • R Mc Cuistion in household of Joseph Mc Cuistion, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Rachel Mcguire, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
  • Rachel McGuire McCuistion, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution

On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Brigid, Caitlin, Kieran, Aidan, Aislinn, Clancy, Conley, Connor, Cormac, Donal, Fionnuala.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Uidhir ‘son of Odhar’, a byname meaning ‘sallow’. This was the name of the ruling family of Fermanagh from the 13th–17th centuries, now regularly Anglicized as Maguire .

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

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