Mary Jane Bewick

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Bewick was born about 1835, in Penshaw, Durham, England, her father, Thomas Bewick I, was 32 and her mother, Margaret Turnbull, was 33. She married Richard Hamilton on 28 May 1855, in Monkwearmouth All Saints, Durham, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Durham, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years and Chester le Street, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1901. She died on 6 December 1908, in Houghton le Spring, Durham, England, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Richard Hamilton
1832–1904
Mary Jane Bewick
1835–1908
Marriage: 28 May 1855
Catherine Hamilton
1855–1926
Margaret Dorothy Hamilton
1857–1949
Richard Hamilton
1862–
Thomas Hamilton
1865–
Mary Hamilton
1868–1952
Elizabeth Hamilton
1876–

Sources (11)

  • Mary Bewick in household of Thomas Bewick, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Mary Bewich, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Mary Bewick, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

World Events (6)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1854 · The Crimean War

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

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

Name Meaning

English (northern): habitational name from either of two places in Northumberland and East Yorkshire called Bewick, named from Old English bēo ‘bee’ + wīc ‘outlying farm’, hence an outlying location with beehives, for the production of honey.

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

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