When Mary Ann Hassel was born on 30 January 1848, in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Hassell, was 38 and her mother, Martha Court, was 22. She married George Preston Davis on 24 December 1869, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 30 April 1909, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
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German (also Hässel): topographic name from has ‘marsh’ + lo ‘wooded lowland’, or a habitational name from a place so named (for example, in Hanover and Westphalia).
Swedish (also Hässel): ornamental name from Swedish hassel ‘hazel’, or possibly a habitational name from a placename containing the element Hassel or Hässel.
Dutch and Flemish (Van Hassel): habitational name from Hasselt in Overijssel (the Netherlands), Hasselt, the capital of Belgian Limburg, Ophasselt in East Flanders, or Neerhasselt in Aalst (East Flanders); the placenames denote the presence of hazel trees.
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