Mary Owen

Femaleabout 1850–26 February 1865

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Owen was born about 1850, in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Griffith Owen, was 44 and her mother, Mary Jones, was 32. She lived in Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 26 February 1865, at the age of 16.

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Family Time Line

Griffith Owen
1808–1889
Mary Jones
1820–1886
Mary Owen
1840–
Griffith Owen
1843–
Mary Owen
about 1850–1865
Hopkin Owen
1845–
Martha Owen
1847–
Ann Owen
1849–
Margaret Owen
1852–
William Owen
1856–

Sources (2)

  • Mary Owen in household of Griffith Owen, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Mary Owen in household of Griffith Owen, "England and Wales Census, 1861"

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Siblings (8)

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World Events (1)

about 1850 · Coal Fields in South Wales Developed

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Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.

Name Meaning

Welsh: from the personal name Owain, from Latin Eugenius (see Eugene ). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán, see 2 and 3.

Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’. See McEwen .

Irish: from Ó hEoghain, ‘descendant of Eoghan’. See Ewen .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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