Brief Life History of Anabel
When Anabel Bane was born on 10 September 1852, in Center Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Ephraim Bane, was 33 and her mother, Josinah Rickey, was 26. She married William Harrison Reeves on 20 March 1873, in Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Greene, Iowa, United States in 1885 and Atwood, Rawlins, Kansas, United States for about 30 years. She died on 30 November 1939, at the age of 87, and was buried in Atwood, Rawlins, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Anna B Reeves, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- A. B. Baine, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Anna Belle Bone Reeves, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1873
Historical Boundaries: 1873: Rawlins, Kansas, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English ban ‘slayer, murderer’ (Old English bana).
Irish, Scottish, and English: variant of Bain .
French: metonymic occupational name from Old French ban(n)e ‘hamper, large basket’. This surname is very rare in France; in North America it may hence alternatively be an altered form of Bain 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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