Brief Life History of Mary Weld
When Mary Weld Turner was born on 17 July 1827, in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States, her father, Maj. Thomas Turner Jr., was 32 and her mother, Mary Ruggles Weld, was 31. She married Dr Thomas Fuller Pomeroy M.D. on 6 December 1865, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Detroit Ward 3, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1900. She died on 7 March 1903, in Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 75.
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- Burch, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary W. Burch, "Michigan Civil Marriages, 1834-1974"
- Mary Weld Tenner Pomeroy in the Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952
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1828 · Michigan Capitol Building Constructed
The first building to serve as the State Capitol was originally built as the Territorial Courthouse. The brick structure was one of Michigan's earliest Greek revival buildings. The building housed the territorial government and state legislatures until 1848, when the capital moved from Detroit to Lansing. The building then became a public school and library until it burned down in 1893.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day .
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English t(o)urnour, turner ‘turner’ (Old French to(u)rn(e)our), mainly denoting someone who fashioned small objects of wood, metal, or bone on a lathe, but also a variety of other occupations, including turnspit and translator or interpreter. This surname may have become confused with Toner . In North America, it is also very common among African Americans.
English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English turn-hare, a compound of Middle English tournen ‘to turn, direct, steer’ + hare ‘hare’, a name for someone in charge of the greyhounds in hare coursing or an exaggerated compliment for someone who could run fast. See also Turnbull .
English: perhaps also from Middle English t(o)urn(e)our ‘jouster, one who takes part in a tournament’ (Old French tornoieor, tournoieur).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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