Brief Life History of Mary Abbie
When Mary Abbie Mansfield was born on 26 April 1886, in Chebeague Island, Cumberland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, her father, Isaiah Mansfield, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Mason, was 27. She married Eslie Armouth Long on 4 September 1905, in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States for about 5 years. She died on 8 October 1932, in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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- Mary Long in household of Esler Long, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mary A Mansfield, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53539436/mary-a-long
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1898 · Sinking of USS Maine
During the Cuban War for Independence, the USS Maine had been sent to Havana to look out for the interests of the United States. On February 15, 1898, at approximately 21:40, an explosion on USS Maine was caused by roughly 5 long tons of powder. The front of the ship was demolished and the remains quickly sunk to the bottom of the ocean. 260 men lost their lives in the explosion itself, with at least six more dying afterwards from related injuries. The event kicked off an atmosphere of contention that would eventually lead to the Spanish-American War.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place so named in Nottinghamshire. The placename means ‘open land by the river Maun’, from the river name Maun (which may take its name from a hill named with Old English mamme ‘teat’) + Old English feld ‘open country’.
Irish (Waterford): when not an importation of 1, this is an altered form of the Norman name de Manville (see Mandeville 3).
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Mansfeld, a habitational name from a place so called in Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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