Mary Etta Dana

Brief Life History of Mary Etta

When Mary Etta Dana was born on 12 March 1870, in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, her father, Edward Jacob Dana, was 30 and her mother, Mary E Williams, was 22. She married James B Ball on 4 February 1889, in Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Sheffield, Caledonia, Vermont, United States in 1880. She died on 13 May 1909, in Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

James B Ball
1863–1932
Mary Etta Dana
1870–1909
Marriage: 4 February 1889
Abbie May Ball
1889–1966
Florence E Ball
1891–1892
Willie J Ball
1892–1897
Frank Edward Ball
1896–1897
Vera Ball
1898–1988
Ball
1902–1902
Ball
1905–1905
Mary Ella Ball
1908–1991

Sources (57)

  • Marietta Dana in household of Edwd Dana, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary E. Ball, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Etta, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008"

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Name Meaning

Probably an altered form of English Dawney or Dawnay (see Dawn ), cognates of French Daunay (see Donais ).

Czech and Slovak (Daňa); Polish and Hungarian: from a short form of the personal name Daniel (Hungarian Dániel), or perhaps from a short form of any of various Slavic compound personal names formed with the element dan ‘given’, for example Czech Danomír and Bohdan, Polish Bogdan .

Albanian: nickname or metonymic occupational name from danë (definite form dana) ‘pincers’.

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

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