Mary Ann Percy

25 February 1835–
Newington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Percy was born on 25 February 1835, her father, Francis Percy, was 22 and her mother, Amey, was 23. She married Joseph Cross in 1858, in Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in East Wellow, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and West Wellow, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Cross
1830–
Mary Ann Percy
1835–
Marriage: 1858
William Joseph Cross
1858–
Mary Caroline Cross
1869–
Martha Anne Cross
1860–
Walter Hayward Cross
1867–1940
Charles Evan Cross
1878–1954

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Children

(5)

Parents and Siblings

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(1)

World Events (8)

1843
Age 8
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 19
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 45
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name Persius + the locative suffix -acum. The suggestion has also been made that it is a nickname from Old French perce(r) ‘to pierce or breach’ + haie ‘hedge’, ‘enclosure’, referring either to a soldier remembered for his breach of a fortification, or in jest to a poacher who was in the habit of breaking into a private park.

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

Possible Related Names

Pearcey
Pearcy
Peercy
Piercey
Piercy

Sources (9)

  • Mary Cross in household of Joseph Cross, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Mary Cross in household of Joseph Cross, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • Mary Cross in household of Joseph Cross, "England and Wales Census, 1881"

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