Brief Life History of Mary Josephine
When Mary Josephine Denny was born in 1863, in Illinois, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson Denny, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Self, was 32. She married Stephen Jackson on 4 July 1881. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Olive Township, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died in 1905, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 42.
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Sources (4)
- Mary J Denny in household of Andrew J Denny, "United States Census, 1870"
- May J Denny, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Mary J Denny in entry for Selina Offutt, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English Den(n)y, a pet form of the personal name Denis (see Dennis ). Compare Tenney .
English: habitational name from Danny in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, recorded as Danye in 1343. Alternatively, the name may arise from Denny in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, but no medieval evidence with a habitative preposition has been found in the case of the latter.
Scottish: habitational name from Denny in Stirlingshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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