Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Harry was born in 1760, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. She married Joseph Gartrell on 14 January 1777, in Lawhitton, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Harry - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mary Harry
- Mary Garn, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Mary Harry in entry for Joseph Gartrell, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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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 (mainly south Wales and southwestern England): from the medieval personal name Harry, a common form of Henry , with assimilation of -nr- to -rr- and regular Middle English change of -er- to -ar-. In south Wales the surname is generally a post-medieval coinage, in most cases not hereditary until the 18th or 19th century.
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hariric, composed of the elements hari, heri ‘army’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’.
Native American (e.g. Navajo): adoption of the English personal name Harry (see 1 above) as a surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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