Margaret Maggie Autry

Brief Life History of Margaret Maggie

When Margaret Maggie Autry was born on 29 May 1890, in Harnett, North Carolina, United States, her father, David H Autry, was 37 and her mother, Margaret Harvell, was 31. She married Kinyard Haywood Cowan on 28 November 1914, in Lee, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Durham, North Carolina, United States in 1920 and Township 5 East Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States in 1930. She died on 11 December 1963, in Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Lee, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Kinyard Haywood Cowan
1879–1940
Margaret Maggie Autry
1890–1963
Marriage: 28 November 1914
William Franklin Cowan
1916–1975
Rosa May Cowan
1920–2000
James Haywood Cowan
1922–1990
Tommie Cowan
1925–1925
Thomas Cowan
1928–1928

Sources (28)

  • Mary M Autry, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Maggie Cowan, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Miss Maggie Autry, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"

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Name Meaning

French: habitational name from Autry, the name of several places in Allier, Ardennes, and Loiret, or Autrey, the name of several places in Haute-Saône. This surname is virtually non-existing in France. Compare Autery , Autrey , Awtrey , and Awtry .

Alternatively, perhaps an altered form of French Audry: from the Old French personal name Audry, from ancient Germanic Aldric, composed of the elements ald ‘old’ + rīc ‘power’.

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

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