Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Pounder was born on 7 January 1807, her father, Benjamin Pounder, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Sonley, was 31. She had at least 1 son. She died in 1860, in Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 53, and was buried in Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (3)
- Mary Pounder in household of Betty Pounder, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Mary Pounder, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Ponnder in entry for Thomas Ponnder, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Siblings (6)
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World Events (6)
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from an unrecorded Middle English pounder, ponder, poinder ‘one who puts stray livestock into the village pound’ (Middle English pound, pond, poinde ‘enclosure for impounding beasts’ + -er). See Pound .
In some cases possibly also an Americanized form (translation into English) of South German Pfunder .
English: in the West Midlands and southwestern England a dialect form of Pinder .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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