Brief Life History of Charlotte
When Charlotte Sears was born about 1824, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Clemment Sears, was 35 and her mother, Charlotte Ann Dawson, was 33. She married Raleigh Hammer Rains in 1842, in Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died about June 1895, in Williamson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Charlotte Rains in household of Rolly Rains, "United States Census, 1860"
- Charlotty Rains (mother of Hugh G. Rains), "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934" (1881)
- Charlotte Rains (wife of Raleigh Rains), "United States Census, 1870" (Twp 6 Range 1W, Perry, Illinois)
Spouse and Children
1823–1909 Male
1824–1895 Female
Children (13)
1845–1924 Male
1846–1863 Male
1847– Female
1849–1909 Female
1850–1924 Male
+8 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1790–1863 Male
1792– Female
Siblings (5)
1823–1873 Female
1824–1895 Female
1825–1902 Female
1830–1912 Male
1833–1858 Female
World Events (8)
1830 · Trail of Tears
Age 6
1832 · Black Hawk War
Age 8
1844
Age 20
Name Meaning
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair ‘son of Saoghar’, a borrowing in Anglo-Norman Ireland of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Saher, Seier (Old French Seheri), from ancient Germanic Sigeheri, Sighari, composed of the elements sig‘victory’ + hari, heri ‘army’. See Sayer 5.
English: variant of Sayers .
Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Cyr and French Saint-Cyr (see St. Cyr ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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