Leda Hackney

Brief Life History of Leda

When Leda Hackney was born in September 1891, in Cedar Township, Boone, Nebraska, United States, her father, William Riley Hackney, was 36 and her mother, Appalonia Josepha Secord, was 31. She married William Edward Nearhood on 24 September 1912, in Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Boone, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Cedar Election Precinct, Boone, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died in 1963, in Cedar Rapids, Boone, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Cedar Rapids, Boone, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Edward Nearhood
1883–1955
Leda Hackney
1891–1963
Marriage: 24 September 1912
Gerald Edward Nearhood
1913–1987
Kenton E. Nearhood
1917–1946
Corrine Bess Nearhood
1919–1993
Marjorie Jean Nearhood
1923–1999

Sources (13)

  • Leda Nearhood in household of William E Nearhood, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Leda Hackney Nearhood, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Leda Hackney Nearhood in entry for Mrs Marjorie Jean Frey, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from Hackney in Greater London, named from an Old English personal name Haca (genitive Hacan) + ēg ‘island, dry ground in marshland’.

perhaps from Middle English hakenei (Old French haquenée), an ambling horse or mare, especially one considered suitable for women to ride; perhaps therefore a metonymic occupational name for a breeder or keeper of such horses and short for Hakeneyman. This surname has also been found in Scotland since medieval times.

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

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