Mary Summers

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Summers was born in 1790, in Forthampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Summers, was 28 and her mother, Eleanor Berrow, was 27. She married John Peacey on 11 July 1822, in Forthampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She was buried in Eldersfield, Worcestershire, England.

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Family Time Line

John Peacey
1797–1866
Mary Summers
1790–1868
Marriage: 11 July 1822
Ann Peacey
1820–1851
Elizabeth Peacey
1824–1910
William Peacey
1826–1897
Thomas Peacey
1828–
Emma Peacey
1832–1849

Sources (7)

  • Mary Peacy, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Mary in entry for William Pearcy, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Mary Peacey, "England and Wales Census, 1851"

World Events (7)

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.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Summer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

English: occupational or topographic name for someone who lived or worked at the house of someone named Somer (see Summer ).

Irish (Sligo): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Somacháin ‘descendant of Somachán’, a personal name meaning ‘soft, gentle, innocent’, due to confusion with samhradh ‘summer’.

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

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