Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Houseman was born on 21 June 1838, in Darley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Houseman, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Stansfield, was 33. She married John Furniss on 24 December 1859, in Hampsthwaite, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Menwith with Darley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1838. She died on 16 December 1901, in Darley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 63, and was buried in Dacre, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Mary Houseman in household of John Houseman, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Houseman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Houseman Furniss, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English hous ‘house’ + man ‘man’, denoting someone employed at ‘the house’, probably a religious house or convent. Compare House .
English: altered form of Oulsnam (itself a variant of Wolstenholme ), with metathesis of final -nam to -man and development of inorganic initial H-.
Americanized form of German Hausmann or Dutch Huisman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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