John A. Haney was born about 1804, in Ireland. He had at least 6 sons and 4 daughters with Jane McCammett. He lived in Rooks Creek Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 29 May 1870, in Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Newport, Perry, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1820: Perry, Pennsylvania, United States
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Scottish or Irish: perhaps a variant of Irish Heaney .
Americanized form of Norwegian Hanøy, a habitational name from any of the four farmsteads so named, from Old Norse hathna ‘young nanny-goat’ or hani ‘cock’ (probably indicating a crag or mountain resembling a cock's comb in shape) + øy ‘island’.
Americanized form of any of several like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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