Rhoda Watkins

Brief Life History of Rhoda

When Rhoda Watkins was born on 24 April 1867, in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States, her father, Thomas Watkins Jr, was 54 and her mother, Elizabeth Teaster, was 46. She married Woodford Bailey on 8 May 1881, in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 7 Springfork, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Lakeville, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 9 October 1920, in Breathitt, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Quicksand, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Woodford Bailey
1861–1932
Rhoda Watkins
1867–1920
Marriage: 8 May 1881
Willie Bailey
1880–
Elizabeth Bailey
1884–1959
Jane Bailey
1887–1907
Eunice Bailey
1889–1947
John M Bailey
1892–1951
Jesse Bailey
1894–1973
Frank F Bailey Sr
1895–1956
Easter Bailey
1897–1976
Pearl Bailey
1898–1918
Troy Bailey
1900–1982
Rosa Bailey
1903–1973
Monnie Bailey
1905–1989

Sources (22)

  • Rhoda Wadkins in household of Thomas Wadkins, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Rhoda Watkins - Individual or family possessions: birth: September 1866; ,Magoffin, Kentucky, United States
  • Rody Wadkins, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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Name Meaning

English and Welsh: variant of Watkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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