When George Henry Haynes was born on 3 March 1847, in Dry Brook, Ulster, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Haynes, was 26 and his mother, Amelia "Millie" Kent, was 20. He married Caty Ann Whitlock on 24 December 1877. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Eldred Township, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. He died on 2 February 1927, in Larabee, Eldred Township, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English: variant of Hayne , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s; see Hain . Compare Hains .
English: habitational name from Haynes (Bedfordshire), which may derive from Old English hagenas, plural form of hagen ‘enclosure’.
English: in English counties bordering Wales, perhaps from the Welsh personal name Einws (a pet form of Welsh Einion) with a prosthetic H-; see also Enos . While this is linguistically possible there is no evidence yet to show that it was the origin of the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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