Brief Life History of Serena
When Serena Farney was born on 30 August 1861, in Sciotoville, Scioto, Ohio, United States, her father, Van Buren Farney, was 25 and her mother, Minerva Coriell, was 22. She married Theodore Q Shump on 8 June 1881, in Scioto, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 13 December 1925, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Portsmouth, Wayne Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Serena Shump in household of Theodore Shump, "United States Census, 1920"
- Renie M. Farney, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Serena Farnery in entry for Winifed Pearl Chabnedy, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
Spouse and Children
1856–1939 Male
1861–1925 Female
Children (2)
1884–1937 Female
1886–1958 Female
Parents and Siblings
1836–1872 Male
1838–1906 Female
Siblings (5)
1861–1925 Female
1863–1878 Female
1865–1922 Male
1867–1941 Male
1869–1901 Female
World Events (8)
1863
Age 2
1870
Age 9
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: perhaps a topographic name from Middle English fern ‘fern’ + heye ‘enclosure’, or possibly a habitational name from a minor place so named. Compare Forney , Furney .
Scottish: habitational name from Fernie in Monimail, Fife, from Gaelic feàrna meaning ‘alder tree’.
Americanized form of German Farner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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