Brief Life History of Mary Melissa
When Mary Melissa Barney was born in 1833, in Chichester, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Joseph H. Barney, was 36 and her mother, Mary Margaret Campbell, was 32. She married David Carpenter Moulton on 3 June 1852, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States in 1850. She died on 26 April 1868, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Melissa Barney in household of Hosea G Picket, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Melissa Moulton, "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932"
- Mary M. Barney, "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916"
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World Events (5)
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Barney in Norfolk, which is probably named with an Old English personal name Bera (with genitive -n) + Old English ēg ‘island, dry ground in a marsh’.
English: from the personal name Barney, a pet form of Bernard .
Scottish: possibly from the Old Norse personal name Bjarni (from bjǫrn ‘bear’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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