Trying to find more about my grandmother family history

Question

My grandma never talked that much about her family! She passed away over 8 years ago so I can't really ask her I don't know that mcuh about her family! All I know was her last name was means she had a twin sister that passed away when she was child! I'm very interested to find out how and why she passes away? My grandma went by Rubie but I believe her first name was Caroline, she has a sister name Mattie! She was born in KY and rasied ther! Anything will help

Comments

Looks like Rubie's mother's maiden name was Anderson, and Rubie's maiden name was Means. 

 

Rubie C Means

Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes

Name	Rubie C Means
Event Type	Birth
Event Date	1944
Event Place	Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Mother's Name	Mattie Anderson

CITING THIS RECORD

"Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database,FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHK-7FGN : accessed 14 April 2016), Rubie C Means, 1944; citing Birth, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.

Answer 1

 

Rubie C Means

Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes

Name	Rubie C Means
Event Type	Birth
Event Date	1944
Event Place	Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Mother's Name	Mattie Anderson

CITING THIS RECORD

"Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database,FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHK-7FGN : accessed 14 April 2016), Rubie C Means, 1944; citing Birth, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.

Comments

Since Mattie Anderson is Rubie C Means mother, you may want to find out about the origin of the Anderson surname. It can most likely be found at surnamedb.com . Just enter the Anderson surname and the origin info should appear. They don't seen to have anything on the Means surname.

Answer 2

If you do a search for the following net address, it will show how people with the Means surname are distributed in the United States.

http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Means

In England, they are concentrated in Norfolk County, in East Anglia. Just hold the cursor over any county and it will show the county name.  There are also a good concentration of those with the Means surname in Scotland, especially in Aberdeenshire and Angus counties.