Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Seal was born in 1819, her father, John Seal, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Osborne, was 28. She married John Smith on 7 October 1838, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Mary Ann Seale, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Mary Ann Scals, "England, Nottinghamshire, Church Records, 1578-1937"
- Mary Ann Seale in entry for John Smith, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
Spouse and Children
1818– Male
1819– Female
Parents and Siblings
1792–1865 Male
1791–1863 Female
Siblings (9)
1816–1892 Female
1818–1864 Male
1819– Female
1821–1822 Male
1822– Male
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World Events (7)
1823
Age 4
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 14
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 35
Name Meaning
English: either a habitational name from Seal (Kent), Seale (Surrey), or Sele in Upper Beeding (Sussex), all of which probably derive from Old English sele ‘hall, building’ (though the Surrey placename may arise from Old English sēale, dative form of salh ‘willow’), or else a topographic name for someone who lived at a boggy patch (Kentish Middle English and Old English sele) or a hall. Compare Sale 1-2.
English: habitational name from Overseal or Netherseal (Derbyshire), probably from Old English scegel ‘small wood’.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a willow copse or at a place marked by a willow or willows, from Middle English sele ‘willow’ (Old English sele), in northern England representing Old Norse selja and in southwestern England representing Old English (West Saxon) sealh. The name was probably interchangeable with the synonymous Middle English sale (Old English salh, Old Norse salr), and in some cases the surname may have functioned as a variant of Sale . In southwestern England initial S- was frequently voiced to Z-, as in the Wiltshire placename Zeals (from the plural form of Old English sealh). However, the medieval form of the placename is overwhelmingly in the plural, and this may also survive as Sales .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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