Laura Ann Jones

Brief Life History of Laura Ann

When Laura Ann Jones was born on 16 January 1843, in Marion, Illinois, United States, her father, James Jones, was 47 and her mother, Laura Kieth Llewellyn, was 35. She married Benjamin B. Doolen on 30 September 1860, in Marion, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Foster Township, Marion, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 30 March 1894, in Marion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Doolen Cemetery, Lester, Marion, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin B. Doolen
1843–1926
Laura Ann Jones
1843–1894
Marriage: 30 September 1860
Harriett Llewellyn " Hattie" Doolen
1861–1931
Sherman Doolen
1866–1866
Isadora Doolen
1867–1949
Charles Isham Doolen
1869–1941

Sources (14)

  • Ann Doolen in household of Benjamin Doolen, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Laura A Jones, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
  • Laura Ann Jones Doolen, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

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

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

1863

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

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.

English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.

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

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