Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Chegwidden was born on 25 March 1861, in St Day, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Chegwidden, was 22 and her mother, Eliza Hoskin, was 18. She married James Albert Moore on 6 July 1880, in Virginia City, Storey, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Nevada City, Nevada, California, United States in 1900 and Piedmont, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. She died on 19 December 1949, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Nevada City, Nevada, California, United States.
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- Mary J Moore in household of James Moore, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mary Chegwidden, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
- Mary Jane Chegwidden Moore, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Cornish: from chy ‘house’ + gwydn ‘white’, or from any of several places in Cornwall so named.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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