Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy McKinney was born in 1799, in Campbell, Virginia, United States, her father, Vincent McKinney, was 44 and her mother, Jane Wilda Edwards, was 19. She married James G. Ward on 11 August 1822, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died in 1867, at the age of 68.
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- Nancy Ward in household of James G Ward, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nancy - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Nance
- Nancy Mckinney, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
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
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha or Mac Cionaoith ‘son of ç’, an early Gaelic personal name popular from the ninth century and possibly derived from Pictish.
Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnigh ‘son of Coinneach’, an Old Irish personal name, borne by a Christian saint and Anglicized in Ireland as Canice, which was treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth . This surname was usually Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie , but is otherwise hard to distinguish from sense 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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