Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Sheppard was born about 1829, in Frome, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. She married Aquila Clark on 4 April 1858. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Haslingden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Wellington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom in 1891.
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- Mary Clark in household of Aquila Clark, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Mary Sheppard, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
- Mary Clark in household of Aquila Clark, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Shepherd .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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