Emily Mae Hanley

10 August 1910–1 December 1983 (Age 73)
Cherokee, Kansas, United States

The Life Summary of Emily Mae

When Emily Mae Hanley was born on 10 August 1910, in Cherokee, Kansas, United States, her father, Walter Hanley, was 22 and her mother, Jenette Jenkins, was 20. She married Leslie Herbert Scovell on 12 February 1949, in Benton, Arkansas, United States. She died on 1 December 1983, in Weir, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Leslie Herbert Scovell
1911–1984
Emily Mae Hanley
1910–1983
Marriage: 12 February 1949

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 February 1949Benton, Arkansas, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (1)

    World Events (8)

    1912 · The Girl Scouts
    Age 2
    Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
    1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
    Age 17
    The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
    1931
    Age 21
    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

    Name Meaning

    1 Irish: shortened form of O’Hanley, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁinle ‘descendant of Áinle’, a personal name meaning ‘champion’. This is the name of a ruling family in Connacht; it is now common in southern Ireland.2 English: habitational name from any of various places, such as Handley in Cheshire, Derbyshire. Northamptonshire, and Dorset and Hanley in Staffordshire and Worcestershire, all from Old English hēan, the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of hēah ‘high’+ lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’, or from Handley Farm in Clayhanger, Devon, which is named from Old English hān ‘(boundary) stone’ + lēah.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Halley
    Handley
    Handly
    Hanly
    Hendley
    Henley

    Sources (6)

    • Emily Hanley in household of Joseph Hanley, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Emily May Hanley in household of Joe Hanley, "United States Census, 1920"
    • Hanley, "Kansas County Birth Records, 1885-1911"

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