Brief Life History of Mary Boulton
When Mary Boulton Dobbins was born on 2 September 1816, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States, her father, Samuel Dobbins, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Scroggy, was 32. She married William Haines Woolston in 1830, in Vincetown, Southampton Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 27 April 1890, in her hometown, at the age of 73, and was buried in Medford Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States.
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- Mary B Woolston in household of William H Woolston, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Boulton Dobbins Woolston, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary B. in entry for Job J. Woolston, "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820
On January 28, 1820, the New Jersey Legislature incorporated the City of Jersey from parts of the Bergen Township. The city would be reincorporated two more times (January 23, 1829 and February 22, 1838) before receiving its official name. Jersey City became part of the new Hudson County in February of 1840.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English (Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, and Herefordshire): variant of Dobbin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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