Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Whittaker was born on 12 March 1778, in Walsden, Lancashire, England, her father, George Whittaker, was 27 and her mother, Mary Crowther, was 20.
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- Mary Whittaker in household of James Whittaker, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Whitaker, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Whitaker, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano." Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Whitaker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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