Brief Life History of Mabel Irene
When Mabel Irene Harley was born on 28 April 1881, in Union Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Harley JR, was 31 and her mother, Mary Jane Heckendorn, was 28. She married Willard Cornelius Conway on 30 July 1903, in Luthersburg, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in DuBois, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. She died on 20 September 1935, in Brockway, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Home Camp, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Mable I Conaway in household of Williard C Conaway, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mable I Harley, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Mable Irene Harley Conway, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1882–1938 Male
1881–1935 Female
Children (9)
1904–1974 Female
1906–1993 Male
1908– Male
1910–1987 Female
1913–1931 Male
+4 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1850–1937 Male
1852–1928 Female
Siblings (3)
1873–1958 Female
1881–1935 Female
1883–1899 Male
World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 1
1886
Age 5
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 15
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places called Harley (Shropshire, Yorkshire). The Shropshire placename derives from Old English hær ‘rock, heap of stones’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Yorkshire placename derives from Old English hara ‘hare’ or hær + hlāw ‘mound, hill’, later replaced by lēah.
Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarghaile ‘descendant of Earghal’, a variant of the personal name Fearghal without the initial F-. This name has also become Herley and Hurley . Compare Arrell and Harrell .
Scottish (Fife): habitational name from any of several places called Harlaw in Midlothian, Peeblesshire, and Berwickshire, named in Older Scots with hare ‘gray’ + law ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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