Mary Oppie was born in 1781, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of James Oppie and Ann. She married Joseph Oliver on 1 May 1802, in Kenwyn, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in St Thomas the Apostle's Church, Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died in England, United Kingdom.
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English (Devon and Cornwall): from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Opy or Oppy, which is attested in 16th-century Cornwall as a pet form of Middle English Osbert (mainly a Norman name, an Old French borrowing of ancient Germanic Oseberht, from ōs ‘god’ + berht ‘bright’). There may have also been a voiced pet form Oby (see Hobby ). Loss of -s- in Osbert may explain some examples of Hobart , though this name usually had a different origin. Middle English Osbert is mainly found in southern England, the Midlands, and Essex, and it was especially favoured in West Cornwall, where its usual pet form was Hoskin . In England generally it was frequently confused with the less common personal name Osbern (see Osborne ). Opy was probably a pet form of Osbern as well.
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