Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Nail was born in 1804, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, her father, Henry Nail, was 33 and her mother, Mary Keller, was 28. She married Bailey Ray on 9 September 1830, in Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 28 January 1842, in Shelby, Indiana, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Shelby, Indiana, United States.
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- Lydia Nail, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Lydia Ray, "Find A Grave Index"
- Unknown Unknown in entry for John Thomas Ray, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1804 · Walton War
The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English naile, nayle ‘nail’ (from Old English nægel), which may, as in modern English, have the senses ‘metal spike, wooden peg’or ‘fingernail, toenail’. Applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of nails.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Nagel ‘nail’.
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Nahilo, based on the element nah ‘sufficient, adequate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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