Mary Owen

Brief Life History of Mary

Mary Owen was born about 1792, in Virginia, United States. She married Daniel Harless on 21 February 1829, in Madison, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Madison, Madison, Alabama, United States in 1850. She died after 1850, in Madison, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Mary Owen
1792–1850
Charlotte Harless
1816–
Rebecca Elizabeth Harless
1818–1880
Mary Polly Harless
1821–
Nancy C Harless
1823–1855
Jane Harless
1823–1892

Sources (8)

  • Mary Harless, "United States Census, 1850"
  • May Owen, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Mary Owen in entry for Daniel Harless, "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

Welsh: from the personal name Owain, from Latin Eugenius (see Eugene ). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán, see 2 and 3.

Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’. See McEwen .

Irish: from Ó hEoghain, ‘descendant of Eoghan’. See Ewen .

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

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