Mary Rebecca Catherine Erwin

Brief Life History of Mary Rebecca Catherine

When Mary Rebecca Catherine Erwin was born on 15 March 1832, in Powell Valley, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States, her father, Samuel Alexander Erwin Jr, was 34 and her mother, Mercy Tilson, was 40. She married Harvey Edward Delph about 1848, in Hancock, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Big Creek, Clay, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 8 Otter Creek, Clay, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 26 April 1919, in Cumberland Falls, McCreary, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Knox, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harvey Edward Delph
1827–1915
Mary Rebecca Catherine Erwin
1832–1919
Marriage: about 1848
Samuel Alexander Delph
1849–1947
James Franklin Delph
1852–1936
Joyce Delph
1853–1860
Joshua Edward Delph
1854–1931
Nancy E. Delph
1856–1933
Thomas Albert Delph
1859–1929
John Daniel Delph
1861–1933
George Washington Delph
1865–about 1909
Gilbert M. Delph
1872–
Mary E Delph
1876–1951

Sources (13)

  • Mary N Delph in household of Henry Delph, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary Erwin in entry for Nancy Delph Sizemore, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
  • Marry R Delph in household of Harvy Delph, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: variant of Irvine .

English: from the Middle English personal name Everwin, Erwin, perhaps from Old English Eoforwine (eofor ‘boar’ + wine ‘friend’) but mostly from an Old French form of the cognate ancient Germanic name Everwin, or from a different ancient Germanic name, Herewin, with loss of initial H- (first element hari, heri ‘army’).

German: from the personal name Erwin, from Herwin, a compound of Old High German heri ‘army’ + wini ‘friend’.

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

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