Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Percival was born in 1840, in Massachusetts, United States, her father, Levi Robinson Percival, was 34 and her mother, Clarissa Graves, was 34. She married Charles McNeal in 1862, in Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Marengo, Iowa, Iowa, United States in 1880.
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Sources (9)
- Mary Mcneal in household of Charles Mcneal, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Percival in entry for Frank McNeal, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- Mary Percival in household of Levi Percival, "United States Census, 1860"
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1845
Historical Boundaries: 1845: Iowa, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Iowa, Iowa, United States
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English and Old French personal name Perceval, first found as the name of the hero of an epic poem by the 12th-century French poet Crestien de Troyes, describing the quest for the holy grail. The origin of the name is uncertain; it may be associated with the Gaulish personal name Pritorīx or it may be an altered form of the Celtic name Peredur (see Priddy ). It seems to have been altered as the result of folk etymological association with Old French perce(r) ‘to pierce or breach’ + val ‘valley’.
(of Norman origin): habitational name from either of two places called Perceval in Calvados, Normandy (France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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