Brief Life History of Peggy
When Peggy Moss was born in 1802, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Peter Moss, was 26 and her mother, Alice Richardson, was 28. She married Seth Ratcliffe on 14 November 1825, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (6)
- Peggy Moss, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Peggy Moss, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Peggy Moss, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Spouse and Children
1798– Male
1802– Female
Parents and Siblings
1776–1857 Male
1774–1842 Female
Siblings (9)
1797– Male
1802– Female
1804–1809 Male
1806–1878 Male
1808–1811 Male
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World Events (8)
1815
Age 13
1825 · Museum of Lancashire
Age 23
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
Age 40
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English mos ‘moss, bog’ (Old English mos), for someone who lived at a boggy place, or a habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as Moss (Yorkshire), Mose in Quatford (Shropshire), and Moze (Essex).
English: variant of Moyse .
Irish (Ulster): adoption of the English name 1 by translation for Ó Maolmóna or Ó Maolmhóna ‘descendant of Maolmóna’, a personal name based on maol ‘servant, tonsured one, i.e. devotee’ + a second element assumed to be móin (genitive móna) ‘moorland, peat bog’, in local English ‘moss’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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