Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Pearl was born on 8 February 1842, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Oliver Pearl, was 21 and her mother, Ann Maria King, was 20. She married Lieutenant James Gardner Abbott on 24 March 1858. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States for about 25 years and Winthrop, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. She died on 23 February 1923, in Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Winthrop Cemetery, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Mary E Abbott in household of Jamie G Abbott, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Elizabeth Abbott, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
- Mary in entry for Thomas Copeland, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: nickname, apparently from Middle English perle, perel ‘pearl’ (Old French perle, medieval Latin perla, perula).
English: possibly a variant of Prill with metathesis of -r-.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish Perel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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