Brief Life History of Mary Amrilla
When Mary Amrilla Harrington was born on 23 April 1859, in Canada, her father, Paul Harrington, was 29 and her mother, Sophronia Chambers, was 23. She married Jason Alvin Day on 4 November 1877, in Imlay Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Michigan, United States in 1870 and Burlington Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States for about 40 years. She died on 17 June 1923, in Lapeer, Michigan, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in North Branch, North Branch Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States.
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- Amarella Day in household of Jacen Day, "United States Census, 1920"
- Amarilla Harrington, "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995"
- Mary Amarilla Day, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
Spouse and Children
1855–1932 Male
1859–1923 Female
Children (6)
1879–1949 Male
1881–1940 Male
1884–1970 Female
1886– Female
1891– Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1830–1890 Male
1835–1908 Female
Siblings (11)
1853–1927 Male
1854–1897 Male
1859–1923 Female
1861–1942 Male
1862– Male
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1863
Age 4
1869
Age 10
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 17
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.
Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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