Brief Life History of Margaret Jane
When Margaret Jane Boren was born on 27 July 1846, in Davis, Iowa, United States, her father, James Britton Boren, was 29 and her mother, Nancy Ann McIntosh, was 35. She married Samuel Hunt Price on 20 March 1864, in Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Crescent Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Hazel Dell Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States for about 5 years. She died on 3 January 1887, in Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Hazel Dell Cemetery, Hazel Dell Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.
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- Jane Price in household of Samuel Price, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Margaret Ann Boren, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Margaret Boren Price, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1847 · The Great Seal of the State of Iowa is made
The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.
1856
The Geographic Names Information System(GNIS) indicates opened as Ellisdale 04/03/1856. Name changed to Crescent City 05/16/1857. Name changed to Crescent 06/18/1883.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Swedish (also Borén): ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element + the adjectival suffix -én/-en, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. Compare Boreen and Borin .
Polish (Boreń): from a pet form of the personal names like Borzysław (see Bora 1).
Probably also an Americanized form of German Born .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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