Luella Carey

Brief Life History of Luella

When Luella Carey was born on 6 May 1878, in Wayne, West Virginia, United States, her father, George W. Carey, was 29 and her mother, Haney Napier, was 31. She married Jefferson Fitshugh Lee Stephens in May 1895, in Wayne, West Virginia, United States. She lived in Garden, Nebraska, United States in 1910 and Canehill, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1920. She died in 1952, in North Dakota, United States, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Winfield Scott Copley
1853–1931
Luella Carey
1878–1952
Marriage: 24 February 1898
Paul Scott Copley
1899–1930
Sarah Alice Evelina Copley
1912–1973
Pauline Copley
1902–1988
Alvis Roy Copley
1903–1964
Benjamin Copley
1905–
William James Copley
1909–1965
Ance Copley
1914–1978
Ira Copley
1914–1985

Sources (9)

  • Tewella Cory in household of George W Cory, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Ella Cary, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Luella Carey in entry for William J. Copley, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

World Events (8)

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1889

North Dakota is the 39th state.

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Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardha, a midland surname meaning ‘descendant of Ciardha’, a personal name derived from ciar ‘dark, black’. See Kerry .

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhiachra ‘son of Fiachra’.

English: from Carey Barton in Devon or Castle Cary, Lytes Cary, Cary Fitzpaine, or Babcary, all in Somerset, named for the rivers on which they stand; both river names probably derive from the Celtic root car- ‘love, liking’, perhaps with the meaning ‘pleasant stream’.

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

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