Lena Elizabeth McLean

Brief Life History of Lena Elizabeth

When Lena Elizabeth McLean was born on 10 September 1877, in Logan, Kentucky, United States, her father, Peyton Randolph McLean, was 33 and her mother, Madora Elizabeth Rutherford, was 27. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with James Hogan Bray. She lived in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Magisterial District 4, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 12 November 1978, in Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 101, and was buried in Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Hogan Bray
1881–1941
Lena Elizabeth McLean
1877–1978
Nell Hogan Bray
1911–1962
Dr Jackson McLean Bray
1914–1981

Sources (8)

  • Lena Bray, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lena Bray, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Lena Bray in household of J H Bray, "United States Census, 1920"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Eáin, ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) John’. Compare Irish McAloon and McGlone .

History: This is the name of a major Scottish clan traditionally associated with the island of Mull, which claims descent from Gille Eáin na Tuaidh (‘Gillean of the Battleaxe’), who lived in the 13th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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