Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Birch was born on 13 March 1854, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Flitcroft Birch, was 29 and her mother, Dorothy Chambers, was 32. She died on 3 September 1855, in Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 1, and was buried in Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Birch - Journal or diary: death: 3 September 1855; Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States
- Mrs May Kinkead in entry for Joseph Sylvester Birch, "Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005"
- Mary Birch, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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Name Meaning
English, German, Danish, and Swedish: topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from an ancient Germanic word meaning ‘birch’ (Old English birce, byrce ‘birch’, Middle High German birche, Old Danish birk). In some cases the German and English name may be derived from any of the places called with this word, such as Birch in Aargau (see Birke ) or Birch in Essex. In Swedish, the name is in many instances ornamental.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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