Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Cross was born about 1815, in Somerset, England, United Kingdom. She married John Meaden on 7 September 1835, in Charlton Musgrove, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Bruton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Mary Meaden in household of John Meaden, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Cross, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Cross, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
Spouse and Children
1792– Male
1815– Female
Children (4)
1835– Male
1835– Male
1836– Male
1840– Female
World Events (7)
1815
Age 0
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 18
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 39
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a cross, such as one set up by the roadside or in a marketplace, from Middle English cros (Old English cros and Old Norse kross, ultimately from Latin crux, crucem). It is commonly Latinized in medieval records as ad crucem and de Cruce but examples of this can just as well belong to the synonymous but less common name Crouch . In a few cases the surname may have been given originally to someone who lived by a crossroads, but this sense of the word seems to have been a comparatively late development. In other cases, the surname (and its European cognates; see 3 below) may have denoted someone who carried the cross in processions of the Christian Church, but in English at least the usual word for this sense was Crozier .
Irish: shortened form of McCrossen .
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘cross’ or ‘the cross’, such as French Lacroix , German Kreutz , and Slovenian and Croatian Križ (see Kriz ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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