Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Harrington was born on 17 September 1846, in Abington Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Lloyd Harrington, was 26 and her mother, Mercy Wescott, was 24. She married Sylvanus King Squier on 26 January 1864, in Nicholson, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lathrop Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 7 November 1883, in Lathrop, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Deckertown Cemetery, Lathrop Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Mary Harrington in household of Lloyd Harrington, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Ann Harrington Squier, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Harrington in entry for Angie A Hunt, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1851
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.
Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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