Luraney Sears

Brief Life History of Luraney

Luraney is the daughter of David Sears & Levicy Nobles. In 1826 Luraney married Allen Ricketson in Ware Co., GA. They had 13 children. (see notes on Allen's memorial) After Allen's death in 1855, Luraney married Ryal "Riley" Wright. She remarried in 1856. Riley and Luraney did not have any children. The area where Luraney lived and died is in Atkinson Co., GA, today. Luraney is believed to be buried by her first husband. Their graves are no longer marked. Luraney was not found in the household of Riley Wright in the 1880 census, but she did not die until 1882.

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Family Time Line

Allen Ricketson
1807–1855
Luraney Sears
1811–1882
Marriage: 1826
Bryant Ricketson
1827–1903
Joseph Ricketson
1828–1910
James William Davis
1830–
Benjamin Franklin Ricketson
1830–1909
Mary Ricketson
1832–1915
Ivy F Ricketson
1833–1862
Hiram Ricketson
1836–1914
Mary Ricketson
1839–1910
Eli Ricketson
1840–1922
Aaron Ricketson Sr
1842–1916
Louisa Ricketson
1844–
Thaddeus Ricketson
1845–1900
David Leon Ricketson
1848–1891
Levine Ricketson
1850–1869

Sources (4)

  • Lurany Wright in household of Riley Wright, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Luraney Ricketson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Luraney Sears -

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1816

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair ‘son of Saoghar’, a borrowing in Anglo-Norman Ireland of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Saher, Seier (Old French Seheri), from ancient Germanic Sigeheri, Sighari, composed of the elements sig‘victory’ + hari, heri ‘army’. See Sayer 5.

English: variant of Sayers .

Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Cyr and French Saint-Cyr (see St. Cyr ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.

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

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