Mary Ann Thorn

Female4 February 1833–11 September 1907

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Thorn was born on 4 February 1833, in Vernon, Vernon, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, Asahel Enoch Thorn, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Lester, was 23. She married Augustus Bingham on 14 January 1856, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Payson, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 11 September 1907, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Augustus Bingham
1831–1908
Mary Ann Thorn
1833–1907
Marriage: 14 January 1856
Lucius Augustus Bingham
1856–1939
Sarah Elizabeth Bingham
1858–1943
Mary Lucretia Bingham
1860–1949
Nancy Emeline Bingham
1862–1863
Lydia Alzina Bingham
1864–1936
Barbara Ann Bingham
1867–1941
Lucy Jane Bingham
1869–1940
Rebecca Adeline Bingham
1871–1943
William Lester Bingham
1874–1888
Estella Bingham
1876–1942

Sources (24)

  • Elizabeth Thorne in entry for Sarah Elizabeth Holmes, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Mary Bingham in household of Augustus Bingham, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary Shore in entry for Mary Lucreta Killian, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 January 1856Salem, Utah, Utah, United States
  • Children (10)

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    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 3

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    1850

    Age 17

    Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, Untied States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

    1863

    Age 30

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

    Name Meaning

    English and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or hedge (Old English, Old Norse thorn, Middle English thorn(e), torn(e)). The name is also found in Sweden.

    English: habitational name from a place called with Old English, Old Norse thorn ‘thorn bush’ (see 1 above), for example Thorne in Kent, Somerset, and South Yorkshire.

    North German and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, from Middle Low German torn ‘tower’.

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

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