Mary Ann Kempton

Female15 February 1845–27 April 1907

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Kempton was born on 15 February 1845, in Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Mellen Garner Kempton, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Ann Tillinghast, was 42. She married Hiram Buck Weller in 1870. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. She died on 27 April 1907, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Park Ridge Cemetery, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hiram Buck Weller
1844–1920
Mary Ann Kempton
1845–1907
Marriage: 1870
Weller
1878–1878
Grace Elizabeth Weller
1881–1965

Sources (13)

  • Mary Weller in household of Hiram Weller, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary Ann Kempton, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Mary A Weller, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1870
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 1

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1848 · Chicago Board of Trade

    Age 3

    Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day . 

    1863

    Age 18

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English (southeastern):

    perhaps occasionally a habitational name from a place called Kempton in Shropshire, named from an Old English personal name Cempa + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.

    variant of Kimpton .

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

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