Mary Ann Duke

1843–
Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Duke was born in 1843, in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Duke, was 32 and her mother, Amelia Richards, was 34. She married George Henry Manser in 1862, in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.

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Family Time Line

George Henry Manser
1840–1871
Mary Ann Duke
1843–
Marriage: 1862
Mary Ann Amelia Manser
1863–
George Henry Manser
1865–
John Manser
1868–
Richard Alfred Manser
1871–1953

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1862Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1843
    Age 0
    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
    1854 · The Crimean War
    Age 11
    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 37
    School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname from Middle English duk(ke), duck, doke, dook ‘duck’ (Old English dūce), either from a perceived resemblance (perhaps a waddling gait) or from association with wild fowling. Compare Duck , Drake .English: from the Middle English personal name Duk or Duke. In northern England this is usually a pet form of Marmaduke. It may alternatively be a survival of one or more Old English personal names, though it is uncertain whether they were still current in the period of surname formation. Old English Ducc(a) is attested in placenames like Duxford (Cambridgeshire) and Duckington (Cheshire), and was perhaps interchangeable with Docc, attested in Doxey (Staffordshire) and Doxford (Northumberland). Duke could also represent Old English Deowuc (as in Deuxhill, Shropshire). A surname from Marmaduke is on record until at least 1881 and derives from the personal name Marmaduke, apparently an Anglo-Norman French pronunciation of Old Irish Maolmaedóc ‘devotee of Maedóc’; see Duckett .Americanized form of Polish Duk: nickname from dukać ‘to stammer or falter’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Dock
    Doke
    Duch
    Duckett
    Duck
    Dukes

    Sources (4)

    • Mary Ann Duke in household of John Duke, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • Mary Ann Manser in household of John Duke, "England and Wales Census, 1881"

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