Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Blackburn was born in 1812, in Grewelthorpe, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Blackburn, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth unknown, was 22. She married Andrew Lofthouse on 22 February 1838, in Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Kirkby Wharfe, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 11 October 1878, in Grewelthorpe, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 66, and was buried in Grewelthorpe, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Mary Lofthouse in household of Andrew Lofthouse, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Ann Lofthouse, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
- Mary Ann Lofthouse, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Blackburn, but especially the one in Lancashire, so named with Old English blæc ‘dark’ + burna ‘stream’. This surname is found mainly in northern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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