Mary Johanna Moss

Brief Life History of Mary Johanna

When Mary Johanna Moss was born on 5 November 1881, in South Africa, her father, Reuben Moss, was 41 and her mother, Christina Johanna Botha, was 30. She had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters with Arnold Kyrke Palin. She lived in Manitoba, Canada in 1911. She died on 25 February 1952, in New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Arnold Kyrke Palin
1879–1972
Mary Johanna Moss
1881–1952
Christina Mary Palin
1903–1969
Jack Palin
1905–
John Stapleford Kyrke Palin
1906–
Arthur Kyrke Palin
1907–1983
Lillian Kate Kyrke Palin
1908–1925
William Richard Kyrke Palin
1914–1996
Rhoda Kyrke Palin
1916–1989
Dora Kyrke Palin
1917–1982

Sources (12)

  • Mary Palin in household of Arnold Palin, "Canada Census, 1911"
  • Mary Johanna Moss Palin, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mary Johanna Mass in entry for Arnold Kyrke Palin, "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973"

World Events (8)

1886

Gold discovered at Witwatersrand. Johannesburg established.

1897

Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.

1901 · Hartland Covered Bridge

July 4, 1901, the Hartland covered bridge was finished. It spans across the Saint John River, making it the longest covered bridge. Until it was built, the only way across the river was by ferry.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English mos ‘moss, bog’ (Old English mos), for someone who lived at a boggy place, or a habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as Moss (Yorkshire), Mose in Quatford (Shropshire), and Moze (Essex).

English: variant of Moyse .

Irish (Ulster): adoption of the English name 1 by translation for Ó Maolmóna or Ó Maolmhóna ‘descendant of Maolmóna’, a personal name based on maol ‘servant, tonsured one, i.e. devotee’ + a second element assumed to be móin (genitive móna) ‘moorland, peat bog’, in local English ‘moss’.

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

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