Brief Life History of Elmira Christina "Myra"
When Elmira Christina "Myra" McKinney was born in 1837, in Yancey, North Carolina, United States, her father, Charles Ephraim McKinney Sr, was 67 and her mother, Nancy Ann Triplett, was 32. She married Private Thomas R. Rathbone about 1857, in Yancey, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in McDowell, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and North Cove, McDowell, North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 22 September 1912, in Burnsville, Yancey, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Eddie Mcmahan Cemetery, Low Gap, Yancey, North Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- Elmira Rathbone, "United States Census, 1870"
- Elmira Christina McKinney Cody, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Rathbone in entry for John Rathbone and Lilly Mcclerd Or Mcclurd, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1833–1862 Male
1837–1912 Female
Children (3)
1857–1939 Male
1858–1933 Male
1861–1916 Male
Parents and Siblings
1770–1852 Male
1805–1880 Female
Siblings (10)
1817–1862 Male
1827–1908 Female
1830–1900 Female
1831–1910 Female
1833– Female
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 9
1853 · First State Fair
Age 16
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
Age 25
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha or Mac Cionaoith ‘son of ç’, an early Gaelic personal name popular from the ninth century and possibly derived from Pictish.
Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnigh ‘son of Coinneach’, an Old Irish personal name, borne by a Christian saint and Anglicized in Ireland as Canice, which was treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth . This surname was usually Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie , but is otherwise hard to distinguish from sense 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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