Nancy Emaline Stephens

Brief Life History of Nancy Emaline

When Nancy Emaline Stephens was born on 21 December 1857, in Macksburg, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, her father, Lovett S Stephens, was 23 and her mother, Milbrey Ann Fisher, was 26. She married Washington Rockwell Townsend on 24 June 1874, in Clackamas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Woodburn, Marion, Oregon, United States in 1910 and Grants Pass Election Precinct 4, Josephine, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 14 April 1949, in Clackamas, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Washington Rockwell Townsend
1846–1916
Nancy Emaline Stephens
1857–1949
Marriage: 24 June 1874
Delbert H. Townsend
1875–1877
Minnie May Townsend
1878–1901
Clyde Stephens Townsend
1881–1963
Winona M. Townsend
1883–1979
Ammi Rockwell Townsend
1887–1960
Townsend
1889–1889
Eunice Ada Townsend
1890–1985

Sources (28)

  • Nancy Stephens in household of Lovett Stephens, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009
  • Emiline Townsend, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1871

Historical Boundaries - 1871: Marion, Oregon, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Stevens .

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

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