Brief Life History of Mahala Jane
When Mahala Jane Travis was born on 17 January 1840, in Clinton, Kentucky, United States, her father, Robert Travis, was 32 and her mother, Mahala Francis, was 34. She married Granville Columbus Roaten in 1860, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died in 1872, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 32.
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- Mahala J Roaten in household of Gran C Roaten, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mahala Jane Travis - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mahala Jane Travis
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World Events (6)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire and Yorkshire): from Old French and Middle English travers, also Middle English travas, travis, a word with several meanings. It may denote a toll paid for the right to cross a boundary or bridge, the surname perhaps being for someone who paid or collected such tolls. Alternatively, it may mean ‘crosswise, sideways’ or ‘dispute, disagreement’. The Old French word also had the sense ‘crossing, passage’, and it is more than likely that the surname is Norman in origin, for someone who lived at a crossing place or at a place so named (compare French Travers 3). The presence of the preposition ‘de’ (and perhaps also ‘le’) in early forms of the surname appears to indicate a topographic or habitational explanation, but the French preposition and definite article were sometimes added gratuitously to Norman surnames as a sign of their high social status. See also Travers 1.
Americanized form of German Drewes .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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