Brief Life History of Mary Anne "Polly"
When Mary Anne "Polly" Ekins was born on 22 June 1873, in Raunds, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Robert Ekins, was 25 and her mother, Caroline Cannon, was 25. She married Adrian Chester Rowland on 12 October 1897, in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States for about 25 years and Madison Township, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1930. She died on 14 March 1936, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Solon, Johnson, Iowa, United States.
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- Mary A Rowland in household of Adrian C Rowland, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mary Ann Ekins, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Anne Ekins, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Eakins (see Eakin ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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