Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Dickinson was born on 3 April 1837, in Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States, her father, Samuel Dickinson, was 26 and her mother, Marinda Potter, was 22. She married Joseph Miner Gary on 22 January 1854, in Homer, Calhoun, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1880 and San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1931. She died on 14 July 1920, in Bloomer Township, Montcalm, Michigan, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Carson City, Montcalm, Michigan, United States.
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- Mary Eliot, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mary Dickinson, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Enlisted in navy 1863
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: San Diego, California, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Dickenson , a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dicun a pet form of Richard (see Dicken ) + son.
History: Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), was born in Hatfield, MA, in 1688. Both his parents came from pioneer Connecticut Valley stock.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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