Leanora Ratliff

Brief Life History of Leanora

When Leanora Ratliff was born in 1847, in Carroll, Carroll, Mississippi, United States, her father, John Benford Ratliff, was 30 and her mother, Mary Clara Breland, was 22. She lived in Beat 5, Carroll, Mississippi, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

John Benford Ratliff
1817–1902
Mary Clara Breland
1825–1888
Thomas Charles Ratliff
1846–
Leanora Ratliff
1847–
Evalina Ratliff
1850–
David Breland Ratliff
1851–1920
Elizabeth Ratliff
1855–
Samuel Josiah Ratliff
1858–
John Benford Ratliff
1860–
Charles Clarence Ratliff
1863–1950
Elisha Robert Ratliff
1866–1948
Wilson Booth Ratliff
1869–1944

Sources (2)

  • Leonora Ratliffe in household of John Ratliffe, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Leonora Ratliff in household of John Ratliff, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1861

Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

1863

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

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 (Suffolk): habitational name from one or more of the places so named, such as Radcliffe (Lancashire), Radcliffe on Trent and Ratcliffe on Soar (both Nottinghamshire), Radclive (Buckinghamshire), Ratcliffe Culey and Ratcliffe on the Wreake (both Leicestershire), Ratclyffe in Clyst Hydon, Ratcliffes in Thorverton, and Ratcliffes in Broad Clyst (all Devon), Ratcliff in Stepney (Middlesex), and Rackley in Compton Bishop (Somerset). The placenames derive from Old English rēad ‘red’ + clif ‘cliff, bank, steep slope’ (see also Rutley ). A family of the name Radcliffe trace their descent from Sir Nicholas de Radclyffe. He is said to have been a knight who held the major of Radcliffe in Lancashire and served Roger de Poitou, Baron de Marsey in the 11th century.

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

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