Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Swallow was born about 1794, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Swallow, was 44 and her mother, Hannah Nowell, was 39. She married Amos Ball on 23 January 1821, in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She was buried in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Maria Ball, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Mary Swallow, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Swallow, "England, Nottinghamshire, Church Records, 1578-1937"
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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 (West Yorkshire):
from Middle English swal(e)we, swalu ‘swallow’ (Old English swealwe), hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird, perhaps in swiftness and grace.
habitational name from Swallow (Lincolnshire), probably from a lost river name, perhaps derived from a word related to the Indo-European root swel- ‘burn, shine’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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