Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Jarvis was born on 22 February 1823, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, her father, Edward Jarvis, was 30 and her mother, Cherry Bennett, was 19. She married Benjamin J Stewart on 20 October 1842, in Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in South Carrollton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1870. She died on 4 April 1877, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Gish Cemetery, Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States.
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- Elizabeth Steward in household of Benjamine Steward, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Elizabeth Jarvis - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Mary Elizabeth Jarvis
- Elizabeth Jarvis, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1838
Historical Boundaries: 1838: Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Gervais(e), itself from ancient Germanic Gervas, with gair ‘spear’ as the first element and an uncertain second, perhaps a borrowing of Celtic wass- ‘servant, vassal’. The Latinized name Gervasius was borne by a Christian saint, martyred under the Roman Emperor Domitian, who became one of the patrons of Milan.
English: in Yorkshire, sometimes a habitational name from Jervaulx in East Witton (North Yorkshire). The place takes its name from the river Ure + Old French val, vals ‘valley’.
Americanized form of French Gervais and of its variant Gervaise, cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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