Brief Life History of Mary Helen
When Mary Helen Peabody was born on 15 January 1845, in Ceres, Genesee, Allegany, New York, United States, her father, Charles Peabody, was 27 and her mother, Lucy Young, was 21. She married Oscar Wayland Hamilton on 10 June 1868, in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Ceres Township, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Mamaroneck, Westchester, New York, United States in 1900. She died in May 1914, in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States.
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- Mary Hamilton in household of Walter L Hoadley, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mary Hamilton, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906"
- Mary H Peabody Hamilton, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: nickname ‘peacock-body’, from Middle English pe, pey, pay (Old English pēa) ‘peacock’ + body, perhaps for a vain person who dressed ostentatiously. Compare Pea , Peacock .
History: The prominent financier and philanthropist George Peabody was born 1795 in South Danvers, now Peabody, MA. His first ancestor in America was Francis Peabody, who emigrated from England in 1635 and settled at Topsfield, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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