When Fannie Jane Vaden was born on 20 September 1860, in Hopkins, Texas, United States, her father, Lodwick J. Vaden, was 43 and her mother, Nancy Emeline E Dowdle, was 39. She married Thomas J Wood on 26 April 1888, in Hopkins, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Hopkins, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 8, Hopkins, Texas, United States for about 40 years. She died on 14 October 1948, in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Addran, Hopkins, Texas, United States.
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On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
English: unexplained.
In some cases possibly also Swedish (Vadén): ornamental, topographic, or a habitational name from the (placename) element vad ‘ford’ + the adjectival suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’.
History: The earliest recorded bearer of this name in North America is Henry Vaden (1663–1729), of Chesterfield County, VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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