Brief Life History of Lenora Ann
When Lenora Ann Rainey was born on 31 July 1869, in Brookline, Greene, Missouri, United States, her father, James Knox Polk Rainey, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Caladonia Moore, was 23. She married William Dennis Ward on 26 December 1889. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States in 1935 and Iroquois, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States in 1940. She died on 6 August 1962, in Huron, Beadle, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Beadle, South Dakota, United States.
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- Lenora Ward in household of William D Ward, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lenora Ann Rainey Ward, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mrs Dennis Ward in entry for Lena K Owen, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1879
Historical Boundaries: 1879: Burchard, Dakota Territory, United States 1879: Beadle, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Beadle, South Dakota, United States
before 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
Irish (Antrim and Down) and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ráighne, from a personal name derived from the Old Norse name Rǫgnvaldr, itself from ragn- ‘god, divine power’ + vald ‘power, rule’ (see Ronald , Reynold ). In Ireland the name became Mac Raighne, Ó Raighne, with modern forms Rainey, Raney, Reaney, Reanney, Reanny, Reany, Reinny, Rennie, Reyney, Ryney.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Regny (Loire, France) common in the 12th and 13th centuries.
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Rayn(e)y, Renie, a pet form of Reynold .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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