Brief Life History of Mary C
When Mary C Mitchell was born about 1844, in Ashmore, Coles, Illinois, United States, her father, William Barnes Mitchell, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman, was 21. She lived in Coles, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Erie, Neosho, Kansas, United States in 1880.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Mary C Mitchel in household of William B Mitchel, "United States Census, 1850"
- M C Mitchell in household of W B Mitchell, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary C Mitchell in household of Wm B Mitchell, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Coles, Illinois, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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