Mary Ann Wynkoop

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Wynkoop was born on 20 June 1806, in Penns Valley, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Garret Wynkoop, was 41 and her mother, Ann Strickland, was 56. She married Joseph H O'Harra on 28 April 1825, in Franklin, Warren, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Brown Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 17 June 1889, in West Jefferson, Madison, Ohio, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Foster Chapel Cemetery, New Hampshire, Madison, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph H O'Harra
1796–1864
Mary Ann Wynkoop
1806–1889
Marriage: 28 April 1825
Pvt James Gilkyson O'Harra
1828–1862
Garret Wynkoop O'Harra
1832–1916
Anna Maria O'Harra
1832–1909
Russell Bigelow O'Harra
1835–1903
William Martin O'Harra
1837–1917
Gerardus Miles "Dodd" O'Harra
1841–1925
Joseph O'Harra
1843–1850

Sources (11)

  • Mary J Ohara in household of Joseph Ohara, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary Ann Wynkoop, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Mary Ann O'Harra, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1810 · Change of capital city

Zanesville becomes the new state capital.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Dutch: variant, archaic or Americanized, of Wijnkoop, a nickname from wijnkoop ‘drinking-bout after a sale, paid for by the buyer’.

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

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