Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Hadley was born on 18 July 1858, in Pleasant Plain, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, her father, Jonathan Hadley, was 47 and her mother, Jane Holladay, was 43. She married Zane Paxson on 17 July 1881, in Black Hawk Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States. She lived in Woods, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Sigel, Shelby, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 30 September 1913, in Clifton, Mesa, Colorado, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Friends Cemetery, Richland Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Rachel Hadley in household of Jonathan Hadley, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rachel Hadley in household of Jonathan Hadley, "United States Census, 1860"
- Rachel Hadley, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
Spouse and Children
1848–1920 Male
1858–1913 Female
Parents and Siblings
1811–1883 Male
1814–1892 Female
Siblings (12)
1834–1865 Female
1838–1910 Female
1839–1871 Male
1839–1921 Female
1843–1927 Female
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 5
1867
Age 9
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 17
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from either of three places called Hadley, in Worcestershire and Shropshire, or from either of two places called Hadleigh, in Essex and Suffolk, or Monken Hadley in Middlesex. The first is named from the Old English personal name Hadda + lēah ‘wood, (woodland) clearing’; the others are from Old English hǣth ‘heathland, heather’ + lēah.
In some cases also Native American (Navajo): variant of Hatathlie ‘singer (i.e. medicine man)’. Compare Singer 5.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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