Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Wookey was born on 10 March 1795, her father, James Wookey, was 43 and her mother, Betty Carter, was 36. She married Samuel Truman on 16 June 1823, in Hinton Blewitt, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Somerset, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died in 1870, in Clutton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.
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- Mary Trueman in household of Samuel Trueman, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Mary in entry for James Truman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Truman in household of Samuel Truman, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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World Events (6)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Wookey (Somerset), which derives from Old English wōcig ‘snare, noose, trap’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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