Brief Life History of Lenora Sarah
When Lenora Sarah Gaylor was born on 19 May 1871, in California, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson Gaylor, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Pendleton, was 34. She married Edward Coffin McKinney on 21 March 1893, in Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Election District 8, Fremont, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and Covina, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 3 February 1947, in Escondido, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States.
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- Lenore McKinney in household of Ed McKinney, "United States Census, 1920"
- Lenora Sarah Mckinney, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Nora E in entry for Viola Ellen Hawkins, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1875
Historical Boundaries 1875: Sweetwater, Wyoming Territory, United States 1884: Fremont, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Fremont, Wyoming, United States
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a jailer, from Middle English gaioler, gaoler, gailer (Old French gayolierre, gaiolere, jaioleur). See also Gale 4.
Americanized form of French Gaillard . Compare Gaylord and Gayler .
History: The surname Gaylor of French origin (see 2 above) is associated in particular with the Huguenots (see Gaylord ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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