When Mary Ann Sperry was born on 11 February 1813, in East Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States, her father, Joy Sperry, was 28 and her mother, Mary Lamont, was 23. She married Royce Boise Oatman Sr about 1832, in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 18 February 1851, in Gila Bend, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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English (Leicestershire): from the early Middle English personal name Sperry (Old Norse Sperrir, perhaps originally a nickname for a tall man, from Old Norse sperra ‘spar, beam, stake’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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