Brief Life History of Anna Maria
When Anna Maria Rhodes was born in February 1837, in Maryland, United States, her father, Beacham Rhodes, was 32 and her mother, Charlotte W Wilson, was 30. She married Jonathan A. Bethard on 3 January 1857, in Somerset, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Mardela Springs, Wicomico, Maryland, United States in 1880 and District 1, Wicomico, Maryland, United States in 1900. She died on 24 October 1905, in Wicomico, Maryland, United States, at the age of 68.
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- Annie M Beatherds in household of Johnathan Beatherds, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ann M in entry for Lottie A Rittenhouse, "Delaware Vital Record Index Cards, 1680-1934"
- Maria Bethard in household of Johnathan Bethard, "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
Historical Boundaries 1850: Somerset, Maryland, United States 1867: Wicomico, Maryland, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English:
either a topographic name for someone who lived by ‘(the) woodland clearings’, plural form of Middle English rode (Old English rod, rodu), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place so named, principally Rhodes in Bury (Lancashire) or possibly from one of the many minor places in Yorkshire similarly named, or Rhodes Minnis (Kent). The Yorkshire name sometimes alternates with the singular form (see Rhode and Rode ). The Rh- spelling was introduced in the 16th and 17th centuries by clerks with a classical education, who associated the name with the Greek island of Rhodes, famous in ancient history and mythology. There is also no connection with modern English road (Old English rād ‘riding’), which was not used to denote a thoroughfare until the 16th century. The surname is particularly common in Yorkshire and Lancashire but occurs with various spellings in smaller numbers widely across England.
variant of Rhode , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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