When Mary Hough was born on 25 August 1852, in Knutton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Hough, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Jones, was 30. She married Enoch Whitehurst on 14 February 1870, in Odd Rode, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Smallthorne, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died on 29 June 1891, in Commerce, Polk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Commerce, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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English (Lancashire and Cheshire): from Middle English hoʒ, Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land, ridge’. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived by such a feature, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Hough in Cheshire. This name has the same origin as Howe : Hough is from the nominative case (Old English hōh), while Howe from the dative singular. See also Howes .
Irish: variant of Haugh .
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