Mary Ede

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Ede was born in November 1789, in Tintagel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, her father, Francis Ede, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Hooper, was 31. She married Edward Dennis on 21 October 1813, in Tintagel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1862, in Trevalga, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Edward Dennis
1790–1843
Mary Ede
1789–1862
Marriage: 21 October 1813
Edward Dennis
1814–
Francis Dennis
1817–1888
John Dennis
1820–
Mary Ann Dennis
1821–
Hannah Dennis
1823–
Jane Dennis
1824–
Elizabeth "Betsy" Dennis
1829–
Hannah Dennis
1831–
Jane Dennis
1833–

Sources (3)

  • Mary Dennis in household of Edward Dennis, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Mary Dennis in entry for Francis Dennis, "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010"
  • Mary Dennis in entry for Edward Dennis, "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010"

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World Events (7)

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: from a Middle English personal name. This is either the female name Eda, a pet form of Edith (Old English Ēadgȳth, which is from ēad ‘wealth, prosperity’ + gȳth, a derivative of gūth ‘war’) or the male personal name Ed(d), a pet form of names such as Edgar, Edmund, Edward, and Edwin, in which the first element likewise derives from Old English ēad ‘wealth, prosperity’.

North German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Ede or Edo, probably cognates of names in 1 above.

Americanized form of Norwegian Eide .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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