Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Darwin was born in 1818, in St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, her father, James W Darwin, was 32 and her mother, Nancy Shores, was 28. She married Jacob Foreman on 17 May 1838. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Madison, Texas, United States in 1860. She died on 11 January 1898, at the age of 80.
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Sources (8)
- Ellen Andrews in household of Lemuel Andrews, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mrs. Ellen Andrus - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Mrs. Ellen Andrus
- Ellen Darioin, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
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World Events (8)
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 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English:
(Yorkshire): usually a variant of Derwent, a habitational name mostly from Derwent (Derbyshire, now submerged by the Ladybower Reservoir) or Darwen (Lancashire), both named from rivers called Derwent; or less frequently from similarly named rivers in Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland, and Yorkshire.
from the Middle English personal name Derwin (from Old English Dēorwine, composed of the elements dēor ‘dear’ or, formerly also dēor ‘animal; fierce’, + wine ‘friend’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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