Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Yardley was born in 1785, in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Yardley, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Palmer, was 22. She married Francis Mitchell on 12 October 1812, in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She was buried in Darlaston, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Mary Yardley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Yardley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Maria Yardley, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): habitational name from any of various places, for example Yardley in the Worcestershire, Essex, Northamptonshire, etc., or Yarley in Somerset. The placenames mean ‘woodland from which spars are taken’, from Old English gerd, gyrd ‘rod, spar’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The compound apparently referred to a forest where timber could be gathered.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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