Henry Clay Yancey

Brief Life History of Henry Clay

When Henry Clay Yancey was born on 24 January 1909, in Scott, Tennessee, United States, his father, Calvin Yancy, was 50 and his mother, Julia Ann Sexton, was 49. He married Nola Mala Tyree on 23 December 1926, in Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Kayjay, Knox, Kentucky, United States in 1940 and Hazard, Perry, Kentucky, United States in 1950. He died on 13 November 1975, in Wayne, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Sexton Cemetery, Scott, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Clay Yancey
1909–1975
Nola Mala Tyree
1909–1939
Marriage: 23 December 1926
Odell Yancey
1927–1936
Christopher H Yancey
1929–2015
Phyllis June Maxine Yancey
1932–2021
Phyllis Yancey
1932–2021
Norman Lindon Yancey
1934–2008
Leman Yancey
1937–2015
Yancey
1939–1939

Sources (42)

  • Henry Yancy, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Henry C Yancey - Memory of Someone: Memory of a sibling: birth: 24 January 1910; Harlan, Kentucky, United States
  • Henry Yancey, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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Name Meaning

Altered form of an unidentified surname, possibly of the like-sounding Dutch name Janse or its cognate Jansen (final -n is silent in some dialects of Dutch), or of some similar English surname, such as Jauncey or Jancey, variants of Johnsey .

History: Charles Yancey, the progenitor of the Yanceys, is recorded in King William County, VA, in 1704. According to family tradition, the surname was brought to VA from Wales in the middle of the 17th century and is said to be an altered form of Nanney , but there is no evidence of this and, as the DNA tests proved, also no direct paternal connection between the Yancey and the Nanney family.

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

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