Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Olephant was born about 1800, in Kentucky, United States. She married Henry D Mayers on 15 March 1824, in Barren, Kentucky, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Mary Oliphant, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Mary Olepant in entry for Hnrey Mayers, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
- Mary Olepant, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
Spouse and Children
1783– Male
1800– Female
World Events (3)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 0
1801 · Cane Ridge Revival
Age 1
1803
Age 3
Name Meaning
English (London) and Scottish (Fife): from Old French olifard or olifant, of uncertain meaning. It has been suggested that this might be a derivative of Old French olif ‘olive’ + the pejorative suffix -ard ‘derisive nickname for one who preferred an olive branch to more martial weapons’; it may have denoted a man twisted like an olive-tree. The variant Olifant may have resulted from the substitution in Old Norman French of the sequence l-r by l-n, leading to a false association with Old French olifant ‘elephant’. This heraldic beast appears in the Scottish family's coats of arms. Branches of the Anglo-Norman family owned lands in both England and Scotland. The surname is now chiefly Scottish.
English: possibly a topographic name from residence at an inn known as the Olyphaunt or ‘elephant’, though whether this gave rise to a hereditary surname is unknown.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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