Mary Jane Anderson

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Anderson was born on 21 October 1859, in Spring Mountain, Coshocton, Ohio, United States, her father, William Anderson, was 33 and her mother, Elisabeth Hunter, was 22. She married Charles Ward on 18 September 1881, in Worth, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Monroe Township, Coshocton, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Worth, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 9 May 1937, in Fletchall Township, Worth, Missouri, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Grant City Cemetery, Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Ward
1858–1933
Mary Jane Anderson
1859–1937
Marriage: 18 September 1881
Pearl Violet Ward
1883–1970
Willard Leo Ward
1890–1941
Winnie Cleo Ward
1890–1987

Sources (13)

  • Mary J Anderson in household of William Anderson, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary Jane Anderson, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
  • Mary Jane Anderson Ward, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1861

Historical Boundaries: 1861: Worth, Missouri, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the personal name Ander(s), a northern Middle English form of Andrew , + son ‘son’. The frequency of the surname in Scotland is attributable, at least in part, to the fact that Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, so the personal name has long enjoyed great popularity there. Legend has it that the saint's relics were taken to Scotland in the 4th century by a certain Saint Regulus. In North America, this surname has absorbed many cognate or like-sounding surnames in other languages, notably Scandinavian (see 3 and 4 below), but also Ukrainian Andreychenko etc.

German: patronymic from the personal name Anders , hence a cognate of 1 above.

Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Andersson , a cognate of 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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