Brief Life History of Maria
Maria Howell was born in 1815, in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. She married Evan Bishop on 14 May 1844, in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.
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1815–1844 Male
1815– Female
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1815
Age 0
1823
Age 8
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 18
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: in the Welsh border counties, from the Welsh male personal name Hywel ‘eminent’, popular since the Middle Ages particularly in honor of the great 10th-century law-giving Welsh king. The name may also arise from the Breton personal name Houuel, Huwel, Huwal, Howael, cognate with the Welsh name. Bretons were especially numerous in the eastern counties of England. See Powell .
English: perhaps from a Middle English personal name Huwel (spelled Howel), a shortening of Huwelot or Huelin (see Hewlett and Huling ), both pet forms of Middle English Huw (see Hugh ).
English: habitational name from Howell (Lincolnshire), from an uncertain initial element + Old English wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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