Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Court was born in 1863, in Prince Edward Island, Canada, her father, Henry Court, was 27 and her mother, Matilda Bell Lowery, was 23. She married Laughlin MacCallum on 25 February 1884, in Prince Edward Island, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Lot 35, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1881 and Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 16 January 1915, in Kingston, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada, at the age of 52, and was buried in Donaldston, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Mary J. Court in household of Henry Court, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Mary Jane Court, "Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888"
- Mary Jane Court McCallum, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1860–1917 Male
1863–1915 Female
Children (11)
1884–1980 Female
1885–1885 Male
1887–1971 Female
1888–1977 Male
about 1890– Male
+6 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1836–1907 Male
1840–1923 Female
Siblings (12)
1863–1915 Female
1864–1915 Male
1866–1945 Male
1868– Female
1870–1940 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (2)
1869
Age 6
1871
Age 8
Name Meaning
English: topographic or occupational name from Middle English curt, court ‘large house’ (a word of the same ultimately Latin origin as 2 below), denoting someone who lived or worked in a manor house or castle, a courtly retainer.
French: topographic name from Old French co(u)rt ‘court, farmyard’ (from Latin cohors, cors, genitive cohortis, cortis ‘court, farmyard, enclosure’).
English and French: nickname for a physically small man, or ironically for a large man, from the adjective Middle English curt, Old French co(u)rt ‘short, small’ (from Latin curtus ‘curtailed, truncated, cut short, broken off’). Compare French Lecourt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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