When Sophia Eugenia Haynes was born on 6 August 1842, in Lawndale, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Haynes, was 43 and her mother, Celia Sealy Webb, was 43. She married James Graham Wilson on 3 September 1861. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Polkville, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. She died on 14 May 1930, in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Lawndale, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States.
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English: variant of Hayne , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s; see Hain . Compare Hains .
English: habitational name from Haynes (Bedfordshire), which may derive from Old English hagenas, plural form of hagen ‘enclosure’.
English: in English counties bordering Wales, perhaps from the Welsh personal name Einws (a pet form of Welsh Einion) with a prosthetic H-; see also Enos . While this is linguistically possible there is no evidence yet to show that it was the origin of the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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