Brief Life History of Mary Amelia
When Mary Amelia McCan was born on 9 August 1852, in West Virginia, United States, her father, Dr. Patrick Henry McCan, was 29 and her mother, Isabella Ann Geary, was 17. She married William Albison Smith on 16 April 1874, in Roane, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Eckley, Yuma, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Yuma, Yuma, Colorado, United States in 1920. She died on 29 August 1930, in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Edison Cemetery, Edison, Furnas, Nebraska, United States.
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- Amelia Mc Can in household of William Mc Kinstry, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary A McAn, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Mary Amelia McCann Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Nebraska Territory, United States 1861: Colorado Territory, United States 1861: Boulder, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: Boulder, Colorado, United States
1873
Find A Grave Memorials shows the earliest known burial in this cemetery was in 1873. James Osborn BIRTH unknown DEATH 20 Oct 1873 BURIAL Edison Cemetery Edison, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA MEMORIAL ID 166262006
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of McCann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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