Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Unwin was born on 5 May 1779, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Unwin, was 42 and her mother, Mrs. Sarah Unwin, was 38. She married Francis Humphrey on 11 April 1809, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Mary - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mary
- Mary Unwin, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Mary Unwin in entry for Francis Humphreys, "England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887"
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World Events (8)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English (West Yorkshire):
from the Middle English personal name Unwine (Old English Hūnwine, from hūn ‘bear-cub’ + wine ‘friend’). There may have been some confusion with Onion and Union .
nickname from Old English unwine ‘unfriend, i.e. enemy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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