When Mary P. Cable was born on 16 February 1845, in Adams Township, Darke, Ohio, United States, her father, George Cable, was 28 and her mother, Rebecca Boyer, was 30. She married John H. Martin on 23 December 1863, in Jasper Township, Wayne, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Center Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1860.
Do you know Mary P.? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
1841– Male
1845– Female
1867– Male
1817–1879 Male
1816–1869 Female
1844–1864 Male
1845– Female
1850–1911 Female
1854–1931 Female
1856–1940 Male
+1 More Child
English: probably from the personal name Kabell', which may be a survival of Anglo-Saxon Ceadbeald, a compound of an originally Brittonic element cad ‘battle’ + Old English beald ‘brave, bold’.
English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rope, especially the type of stout rope used in maritime applications, from Middle English cable ‘cable’ (from Late Latin capulum ‘halter’, a word of Arabic origin, but associated by folk etymology with Latin capere ‘to seize’).
English: metonymic occupational name for a horseman, from Middle English cabal ‘horse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.