Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane McClanahan was born on 14 April 1882, in Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Columbus McClanahan, was 23 and her mother, Alta Mira Gross, was 32. She married Walter W. Bischoff about 1911, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 8 July 1924, in her hometown, at the age of 42, and was buried in Birchwood Baptist Church, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Mary J Mcclanahan in household of John Mcclanahan, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mary Jane Bischoff, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
- Cemetery Record for Mary Jane McClanahan Bischoff
Spouse and Children
1881–1952 Male
1882–1924 Female
Children (2)
1913–1999 Male
1915–1978 Male
Parents and Siblings
1859–1941 Male
1850–1928 Female
Siblings (2)
1881–1959 Female
1882–1924 Female
World Events (8)
1886
Age 4
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 4
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 14
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Leanacháin ‘son of Leanachán’, a personal name meaning ‘possessing cloaks’ or ‘with the cloak’. In Scotland the surname (with internal ch) was once common in Galloway. There is also an Irish Ó surname from the same personal name, see Lenahan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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