Brief Life History of Zena Jo
When Zena Jo Bailey was born in January 1896, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, her father, Lycurgus T. Ballard, was 24 and her mother, Martha Lee Collier, was 17. She married John Calvin Privett on 24 October 1953, in Rockwall, Texas, United States. She died on 20 October 1997, in her hometown, at the age of 101.
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Sources (4)
- Zena Bailey in household of John Bailey, "United States Census, 1900"
- Zena Privett, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Zena Bailey in household of J L Collier, "United States Census, 1920"
Spouse and Children
1896–1978 Male
1896–1997 Female
Parents and Siblings
1871–1902 Male
1878–1904 Female
Siblings (1)
1896–1997 Female
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 0
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Age 5
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 27
Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).
English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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