Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Demar was born in 1818, in Aquasco, Prince George's, Maryland, United States, her father, James Theodore Demar, was 24 and her mother, Nancy Ann Watson, was 26. She married George Thomas DeMarr on 1 January 1838, in Prince George's, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1847, in her hometown, at the age of 29, and was buried in Woodville Methodist Church Cemetery, Aquasco, Prince George's, Maryland, United States.
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- Mary Ann Demar, "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940"
- Mary Ann Demar Demar, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
German: habitational name from a place called Themar (between Meiningen and Coburg).
American shortened (and altered) form of French Desmarais or Demarais . Compare Demarr .
French: probably a variant of Demars 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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