Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Boggs was born on 25 April 1860, in Blaine, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States, her father, Nelson Thomas Boggs, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Green, was 19. She married Richard Nelson Whitt from 1876 to 1877. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Evergreen, Langlade, Wisconsin, United States in 1910 and Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 February 1944, in Marathon, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 83.
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Sources (11)
- Molly Whitt in household of Richard Whitt, "Wisconsin State Census, 1905"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary "Polly" Boggs - Memory of Someone: Memory of a relative: birth: 1867; Elliott, Kentucky, United States
- Mary A. Boggs, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
Spouse and Children
1855–1916 Male
1860–1944 Female
Children (9)
1879– Female
1886– Male
1886– Female
1888–1951 Female
1889–1950 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1836–1862 Male
1841–1920 Female
Siblings (2)
1857–1935 Female
1860–1944 Female
World Events (8)
1861
Age 1
1863
Age 3
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English bogeys ‘boastful or haughty’. The name (in the forms Boge(y)s, Boga(y)s) is found in the 12th century in Yorkshire and East Anglia, and also around Bordeaux, which had trading links with East Anglia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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