Brief Life History of Mary Virginia
When Mary Virginia Mansfield was born on 13 April 1821, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, her father, James Wilkerson Mansfield, was 28 and her mother, Mildred Clark, was 24. She married Green Cole Reece on 11 August 1836, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Georgetown, Pettis, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Washington Township, Johnson, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 13 August 1913, in Mound City Township, Linn, Kansas, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- Mary V Reese in household of Charles M Reese, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mansfield, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Mary Virginia Mansfield in entry for Narcissa Belle Reese, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
Spouse and Children
1812–1892 Male
1821–1913 Female
Children (13)
1837–1936 Female
1838–1903 Male
1841–1876 Female
1842–1860 Male
1844–1860 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1793–1853 Male
1796–1860 Female
Siblings (11)
1814–1825 Male
1817– Male
1819–1873 Female
1820–1868 Female
1821–1913 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 4
1833
Age 12
1846
Age 25
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place so named in Nottinghamshire. The placename means ‘open land by the river Maun’, from the river name Maun (which may take its name from a hill named with Old English mamme ‘teat’) + Old English feld ‘open country’.
Irish (Waterford): when not an importation of 1, this is an altered form of the Norman name de Manville (see Mandeville 3).
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Mansfeld, a habitational name from a place so called in Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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