Brief Life History of Maria
When Maria Murton was born in 1813, in Harrietsham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, Nicholas Murton, was 40 and her mother, Eleanor Chapman, was 36. She died on 21 March 1856, in Faversham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 43, and was buried in Goodnestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Maria Murton, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Maria Marton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Maria Murton, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (6)
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places in northern England, all named in Old English as ‘settlement or enclosure at the marsh or moor’, from mōr ‘marsh, fen, moor’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. There has been considerable confusion with both Morton and Merton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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