Verlinda Margaret Russell

Brief Life History of Verlinda Margaret

When Verlinda Margaret Russell was born on 2 March 1809, in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas Russell, was 47 and her mother, Tabitha Jenkins, was 38. She married Samuel Lowery Doran about 1829, in Jackson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in San Saba, San Saba, Texas, United States in 1860 and Texas, United States in 1870. She died on 28 April 1877, in San Saba, Texas, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Lowery Doran
1806–1865
Verlinda Margaret Russell
1809–1877
Marriage: about 1829
Sarah Sally Doran
1825–1862
Mary Jane Doran
1830–1894
William Russell Doran
1832–1904
James Alexander Doran
1834–1917
Sarah Naomi Doran
1837–1925
Pvt Thomas Lafayette Doran
1839–
Polina T Doran
1842–1919
Nancy Ellen Doran
1845–1895
John Wiley Doran
1848–1931
Robert Jackson Doran
1851–1920

Sources (7)

  • Verlinda Doran in household of John Doran, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Verlinda Russell Doran, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Linnie Doran in entry for Sarah N Coffelt, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1822 · Slave Rebellion

On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.

1829 · Fort Sumter Constructed

In 1829 Fort Sumter is constructed in the Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is most known for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War. It is barely ready when the American Civil War starts.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and Irish: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.

English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.

Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.

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

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