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Descendants of JOHN MODE




Generation No. 1


1. JOHN1 MODE was born 1799, and died March 1893 in CLEVELAND CO,NC. He married ELEANOR (?) WHITE.

Notes for JOHN MODE:
THE DATES I HAVE SHOWN TO BE THE BIRTH AND DEATH DATES WERE TAKEN FROM THE STONE ON HIS GRAVE AT UNINON CH. THE 1850 CENSUS LIST HIS AGE AS 40 THE 1880 CENSUS LIST 5 GRANDCHILDREN LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD. THEY ARE:
ELLEN, WHO I PRESUME TO BE ELLEN NORA, AGE 18, FLORENCE AGE 9, DORAH,WHO I WAS TOLD WAS DORAH LOVELACE, AGE 6, JOHN, WHO I PRESUME WAS JOHN McCLURE, AGE 3 AND SAMUEL BORN JULY 11, WHO I PRESUME WAS THE SON OF SUSAN AND THEREFORE MY GREAT GRANDFATHER.
THE DATES I HAVE SHOWN TO BE THE BIRTH AND DEATH DATES WERE TAKEN FROM THE STONE ON HIS GRAVE AT UNINON CH. THE 1850 CENSUS LIST HIS AGE AS 40 THE 1880 CENSUS LIST 5 GRANDCHILDREN LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD. THEY ARE:
ELLEN, WHO I PRESUME TO BE ELLEN NORA, AGE 18, FLORENCE AGE 9, DORAH,WHO I WAS TOLD WAS DORAH LOVELACE, AGE 6, JOHN, WHO I PRESUME WAS JOHN McCLURE, AGE 3 AND SAMUEL BORN JULY 11, WHO I PRESUME WAS THE SON OF SUSAN AND THEREFORE MY GREAT GRANDFATHER.

FAMILY NAME HISTORY:
THE ENGLISH FAMILY NAME MODE IS CLASSIFIED AS BEING OF PERSONAL NAME ORIGIN. ACCORDING TO SCHOLARS THE "OLDEST AND MOST PERVASIVE TYPE OF SURNAME IS THAT DERIVED FROM A GIVEN NAME". SUCH FAMILY NAMES MAY BE DERIVED FROM A PARENTAL FIRST NAME OR FROM THE FONT NAME OF THE GRANDFATHER OR INDEED A MORE REMOTE ANCESTOR OF THE ORIGINAL BEARER OF THE SURNAME. WITH REGARD TO THE FAMILY NAME MODE, IT INDICATES "SON OF MODE", A VARIANT OF THE OLD ENGLISH FIRST NAME "MODA", WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE A DERIVATION OF THE OLD ENGLISH WORD "MODIG" MEANING "BOLD, BRAVE, IMPETUOUS". IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE, THAT THIS SURNAME IS OF NICKNAME ORIGIN, DENOTING "A BRAVE, COURAGEOUS OR FOOLHARDY PERSON". VBARIANTS OF THE SURNAME MODE INCLUDE MOOD(E), MUDIE, MOODIE AND MODEY.
ONE OF THE EARLIEST REFERENCES TO THIS NAME OR TO A VARIANT IS A RECOED OF ONE ALWINE MODI, WHO IS MENTIONED IN DOCUMENTS RELATING TO CO. DEVONSHIRE IN 1100. HOWEVER, RESEARCH IS OF COURSE ONGOING AND THIS NAME MAY HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED EVEN EARLIER THAN THE DATE INDICATED ABOVE. IN 1273, THE HUNDRED ROLLS FOR CMABRIDGESHIRE CONTAIN A REFERENCE TO ONE SIMON MODI AND ELSABE MODE WAS CHRISTENED IN HALLINGTON, LINCOLNSHIRE, IN 1873. THE MARRIAGE OF EDMAN MODE AND ELEN MATHER IS REGISTERED IN RADDCLIFFE, LANCASHIRE, IN 1599 AND THE BAPTISM OF ELIZABETH MODE, DAUGHTER OF JOHN MODE, IS RECORDED IN SANDY, CO. BEDFORD, IN 1621. ALTHOUGH THERE EXIST SOME ENGLISH SURNAMES WHICH HAD BECOME FIXED AND HEREDITARY BY THE END OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY THE ENGLISH SCHOLAR P.H. REANEY TELLS US THAT IS THAT SAME CENTURY "WE HAVE AN UNSETTLED AND VARIED TYPE OF NOMENCLATURE". THIS NAME WAS INTRODUCED TO AMERICA AS EARLY AS 1682 IN WHICH YEAR WE FIND A RECORD OF THE EMIGRATION OF JANE MODE WHO SAILED TO MARYLAND. THE NAME COULD OF COURSE HAVE BEEN FIRST INTRODUCED TO THAT COUNTRY AT AN EARLIER DATE.


More About JOHN MODE:
Occupation: FARMER 1850 CENSUS
Ethnicity/Relig.: UNION BAPTIST CH CC/NC

More About E
LEANOR (?) WHITE:
Event 1: Not sure if name is White

      Children of JOHN MODE and E
LEANOR WHITE are:
2. i.   JOHN C.2 MODE, b. Abt. 1848; d. 1888.
ii.   SARAH MODE, b. Abt. 1835; d. May 9, 1905, CC/NC.
 
Notes for SARAH MODE:
THE BIRTH AND DEATH DATES I LISTED FOR SARAH WERE TAKEN FOR THE STONE ON HER GRAVE AT UNINON BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS LISTED ON THE 1850 CENSUS AS 14 YRS OLD. ON THE 1860 CENSUS SHE WAS LISTED AS 22 YRS.OLD . THE 1870 CENSUS LISTED HER AS 31 YRS OLD. THE 1880 CENSUS LISTED HER AS 42 YRS. OLD.


More About SARAH MODE:
Ethnicity/Relig.: UNION BAPTIST CHURCH CC/NC

3. iii.   ELIZABETH MODE, b. September 20, 1835; d. June 13, 1881, CC/NC.
4. iv.   BARBARA MODE, b. December 5, 1846; d. November 30, 1930, CLEVELAND CO, NC.
v.   MARY JANE MODE, b. July 10, 1849; d. April 29, 1931, CLEVELAND CO, NC.
 
Notes for M
ARY JANE MODE:
IN THE 1850 CENSUS MARY J WAS 8 YRS OLDS.
IN THE 1870 CENSUS JANE WAS 28 YRS OLD.
IN THE 1880 CENSUS JANE WAS 38 YRS OLD.
I LISTED THE DATE OF BIRTH AS JULY 10, 1849.
I LISTED THE DATE OF DEATH AS APRIL 29, 1931.
THESE LAST TWO DATES WERE TAKEN FROM THE STONE ON
HER GRAVE AT UNION BAPTIST CHURCH.
DEATH CERT. REF. # 14/347


More About M
ARY JANE MODE:
Ethnicity/Relig.: BURIED AT UNION BAPTIST CH CC/NC
Cause of Death: MYOCARDITIS
Medical Information: Heart disease

5. vi.   SAMUEL M. MODE, b. March 21, 1850; d. May 4, 1913.
6. vii.   SUSAN MODE, b. July 1853, NC.
7. viii.   JAMES LEE MODE, b. 1833.


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