Brief Life History of Mary Jane " Polly"
When Mary Jane " Polly" Owens was born about 1844, in Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States, her father, Isham Owens, was 42 and her mother, Mary Adams, was 37. She lived in Marion Township, Grundy, Missouri, United States in 1860.
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Family Time Line
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- Mary Owins in household of Isham Owins, "United States Census, 1850"
- Polly J Owens in household of Ishal Owens, "United States Census, 1860"
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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.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
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
Welsh: variant of Owen , with post-medieval excrescent English -s.
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form by bearers of the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain (see McEwen ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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