Brief Life History of Laura Jane
When Laura Jane McKinney was born in November 1882, in Cabool, Texas, Missouri, United States, her father, Pinkney Jeff Davis McKinney, was 21 and her mother, Elizabeth Caroline Stogsdill, was 21. She married Aaron Abraham Alward in 1900, in Gage, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Gage, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Lincoln Township, Gage, Nebraska, United States in 1930. She died on 6 February 1964, in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 81.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Laura Alward in household of Aaron Alward, "United States Census, 1920"
- Laura Alward, "United States Census, 1940"
- Laura J McKinney in entry for Reinholt Neuman, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
Spouse and Children
1874–1937 Male
1882–1964 Female
Children (5)
1901–1980 Female
1903–1972 Female
1905–1907 Male
1908–1988 Male
1916–1998 Male
Parents and Siblings
1861–1928 Male
1861–1945 Female
Siblings (14)
1882–1964 Female
1884–1944 Female
1886–1959 Female
1888– Female
1889–1975 Female
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World Events (8)
1886
Age 4
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 4
1904
Age 22
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha or Mac Cionaoith ‘son of ç’, an early Gaelic personal name popular from the ninth century and possibly derived from Pictish.
Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnigh ‘son of Coinneach’, an Old Irish personal name, borne by a Christian saint and Anglicized in Ireland as Canice, which was treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth . This surname was usually Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie , but is otherwise hard to distinguish from sense 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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