Brief Life History of Laura
When Laura Queen (Macqueen) was born on 12 January 1817, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Reuben Queen, was 32 and her mother, Mary Catharine Butler, was 28. She married Noah Garner from 1833 to 1834, in McNairy, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in McNairy, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died on 22 May 1875, in Chester, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Henderson, Chester, Tennessee, United States.
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- Laura Garner in household of Noah Garner, "United States Census, 1850"
- Laura Queen Garner, "Find A Grave Index"
- Laura Queen in entry for Henry G. Garner, "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955"
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World Events (8)
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.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
Name Meaning
Scottish: shortened form of McQueen .
English: from the Middle English female personal name Quene, sometimes a pet form of Quenill (Old English Cwēnhild, from cwēn ‘queen’ + hild ‘battle’). Early examples of the name are mainly from southern England, especially Sussex, but its currency in late medieval northern England has also been suggested by records from Yorkshire.
English: possibly a nickname from Middle English quene ‘woman; harlot; crone’ (Old English cwēn), but this is less likely than 2 to have given rise to a hereditary surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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