Nancy Jane Rogers

Brief Life History of Nancy Jane

When Nancy Jane Rogers was born on 7 December 1840, in Perry Township, Martin, Indiana, United States, her father, Matthew W Rogers, was 45 and her mother, Nancy Clements, was 37. She married Wilson Salmon on 23 December 1858, in Shoals, Halbert Township, Martin, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 18 January 1917, in Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wilson Salmon
1822–1896
Nancy Jane Rogers
1840–1917
Marriage: 23 December 1858
Nancy Ann Salmon
1859–1927
Salmon
1876–1878
Caroline Salmon
1862–1936
Jesse Obediah Salmon
1871–1944
Julia A Salmon
1874–1931
Salmon
1874–1874
Stephen Edgar Salmon
1880–1968

Sources (9)

  • Nancy Rogers in household of Nancy Rogers, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jane Rogers, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Jane Rogers Salmon, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1841

Historical Boundaries: 1841: Ripley, Missouri, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).

History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.

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

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