Brief Life History of Rulana
When Rulana Massey was born on 26 January 1848, in Wayne, Virginia, United States, her father, Basil Davis Massey, was 30 and her mother, Susannah "Susan" Epling, was 30. She married Preston M Armontrout in 1862, in Alleghany, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Victor Township, Wright, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years and Spokane, Washington, United States in 1900. She died on 2 December 1928, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States.
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- Lana Armentrout in household of P M Armentrout, "Minnesota State Census, 1885"
- Lanie Armontrout, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
- Laney Massey in entry for Nettie E Momney, "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979"
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1855
Historical Boundaries 1855: Wright, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Wright, Minnesota, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Massy, a pet form of Matthew . Compare Mace .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from one or more of several places in Normandy, such as Macey (Manche), Massy (Seine-Maritime), Macé-sur-Orne (Orne), and La Ferté Macé (Orne).
English: variant of Marsay (see Marcey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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