Mary Minerva Hayes

31 July 1857–18 April 1888 (Age 30)
Derby Center, Derby, Orleans, Vermont, United States

The Life Summary of Mary Minerva

When Mary Minerva Hayes was born on 31 July 1857, in Derby Center, Derby, Orleans, Vermont, United States, her father, Lewis Chamberlain Hayes, was 37 and her mother, Betsey Dane, was 30. She married Nixon Morse on 9 November 1875, in Holland, Orleans, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Holland, Orleans, Vermont, United States in 1880. She died on 18 April 1888, in Morgan, Orleans, Vermont, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Clark Cemetery, Morgan, Orleans, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nixon Morse
1841–1926
Mary Minerva Hayes
1857–1888
Marriage: 9 November 1875
Ellery B Morse
1867–1869
Harriet May Morse
1878–1963

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 November 1875Holland, Orleans, Vermont, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 6
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1864 · St. Albans Raid
    Age 7
    St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
    1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
    Age 9
    The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

    Name Meaning

    1 Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’ ( compare McCoy ). In some cases, especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.2 English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon and Worcestershire, so called from the plural of Middle English hay ‘enclosure’ ( see Hay 1), or a topographic name from the same word.3 English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Dorset, Greater London (formerly in Kent and Middlesex), and Worcestershire, so called from Old English hǣse ‘brushwood’, or a topographic name from the same word.

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

    Possible Related Names

    McCoy
    Hay
    Hay
    Haye
    Hays
    Hayse
    Haze
    Heyes
    Heys

    Sources (10)

    • Mary M Morse in household of Nixon Morse, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Mary Hayes Morse, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
    • Mary Hayes Morse, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"

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