Jane E. Bicknell

Brief Life History of Jane E.

When Jane E. Bicknell was born on 22 November 1844, in Westmoreland, Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, James Bicknell, was 49 and her mother, Rebecca Ruth Brooks, was 32. She married Benjamin L Coats in 1862, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Pompey, Onondaga, New York, United States for about 5 years and Newport Township, Washington, Minnesota, United States in 1900. She died on 7 January 1920, in Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin L Coats
1835–
Jane E. Bicknell
1844–1920
Marriage: 1862
William B Coats
1864–1943

Sources (14)

  • Grace E Coats, "New York State Census, 1865"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jane E. Bicknell - Government record: birth-name: Jane E. Bicknell
  • Jane C. Coats, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"

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World Events (8)

1849

Historical Boundaries 1849: Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Minnesota, United States

1853

Historical Boundaries: 1853: Rice, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Rice, Minnesota, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Bickenhill in Warwickshire, Bickenhall in Somerset or Bignell in Oxfordshire. The former two are named with the Old English personal name Bicca + Old English hyll ‘hill’, but in the Somerset name the final element alternates with Old English h(e)all ‘hall’. Bignell is named with the Old English personal name Biga + hyll ‘hill’. Compare Bignell .

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

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