Brief Life History of Mary Jane Charlotte
When Mary Jane Charlotte Whittington was born on 6 December 1868, in Reedbeds, South Australia, Australia, her father, William Roger Whittington, was 30 and her mother, Mary Ann Goldfinch, was 20. She married Francis William Hawkes on 30 December 1890, in South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 11 December 1928, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 60.
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Sources (6)
- Mary Jane Whittington, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
- Mary Jane Charlotte Whittington Hawkes, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Jane in entry for Harold Robert Hawkes, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
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World Events (7)
1870
British troops withdraw from Australia.
1877
Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.
1892
Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of a large number of places called Whittington, for example in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Northumberland. Most of these places are named with the Old English personal name Hwīta + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, meaning ‘Hwīta's settlement’ or ‘settlement associated with Hwīta’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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