Mary Eunice Clay

Brief Life History of Mary Eunice

When Mary Eunice Clay was born on 30 December 1873, in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States, her father, John Crawford Clay, was 25 and her mother, Nancy Catherine Swagerty, was 22. She married Andrew Jackson Lakey on 29 October 1893, in Washington, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Goff, Idaho, Idaho, United States in 1910 and West Salem, Polk, Oregon, United States in 1930. She died on 29 April 1945, in Wapato, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Wapato, Yakima, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Jackson Lakey
1864–1951
Mary Eunice Clay
1873–1945
Marriage: 29 October 1893
Ethel May Lakey
1894–1982
Lewis Crawford Lakey
1896–1985
Hazel Marie Lackey
1901–1986

Sources (14)

  • Mary E. Laney in household of Andrew J. Laney, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Mary E Clay, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
  • Mary Eunice Lakey, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1880

Historical Boundaries 1880: Thurston, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Thurston, Washington, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English (Midlands and Yorkshire): from Old English clǣg ‘clay’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil, a habitational name for someone who lived in a district known as (the) Clay, such as the one in east Notinghamshire, or as a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see Clayman ).

Americanized form of German Klee .

History: The relatively common English name Clay had several American forebears in the 18th century. Henry Clay, born in Hanover, VA, in 1777, secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, was descended from English ancestors who came to VA shortly after the founding of Jamestown. The revolutionary war officer Joseph Clay, also a member of the Continental Congress, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to GA in 1760 and was a founder of the University of Georgia.

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

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