Jeremiah Raney served in the Revolutionary War during 1777 as a volunteer from Maryland. He is found in the archives of Maryland muster rolls 1775-83 Volume 18 War of American Revolution 1775-83 Miscellaneous Maryland Line Papers page 330. Jeremiah Raney is listed as missing Oct. 6 1777 while serving a three year enlistment.
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The Raney and Kirk family had the first female operated mortuary in the city of Indianapolis. Raymond Raney lived
in Brightwood
Indiana, he was married in St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 2191 Avondale Place.
The Cunningham Family
of Daviess County Indiana and Gough, Shircliff, Raney and Hopkins Alliances by
J.B. Cunningham, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois
offers documented information about the early Rany ancestors. Published in in
1965, J.B. Cunningham spoke to many older Raney family members who were alive
in the 1800's. Text version coming soon.
Our ancestors often used the following pattern in naming their children.
Males
Females
Although this was common practice, not every family named their children in this way. Sometimes children were given Biblical names. Also, keep in mind that a given name that sounds like a surname can indicate a mothers or grandmothers maiden name.
The descendants of Raney Family database has the following statistics as of May 2005
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Individuals |
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Families |
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Events |
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Sources |
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Cititations |
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Special Thanks to Marilyn (Sause Conlon) Gappa for assisting in research and photos.
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