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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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"
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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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