Mary Jane Preston

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Preston was born in 1861, in Hennock, Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Preston, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Radmore, was 27. She married William Sampson on 15 December 1887, in Chudleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Chudleigh Knighton, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Bovey Tracey, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1891. She died on 20 July 1941, in Devon, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

William Sampson
1862–
Mary Jane Preston
1861–1941
Marriage: 15 December 1887
Edith Mary Sampson
1888–1973
Alice Elizabeth Sampson
1889–1933
William John Selden Sampson
1892–1953

Sources (7)

  • Mary Jane Sampson in household of William Sampson, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Jane Preston - Government record: birth-name: Mary Jane Preston
  • Mary Preston, "Canada, Ontario, Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

World Events (6)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from one of the many places (most notably one in Lancashire) so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

occasionally from Middle English prest + son ‘son of the priest’. Priests were forbidden marriage but many produced illegitimate offspring.

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

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