Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Morris was born on 20 December 1849, in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Morris, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Durham, was 24. She married Niels Rasmussen on 28 December 1865, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States in 1900 and Cowley, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States in 1910. She died on 8 May 1924, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Parowan Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States.
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- Mary A Rassmussen in household of Neils Rassmussen, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Ann Morris - Memory of Someone: Memory of a relative: birth: 20 December 1849; Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
- Mary Ann Rasmussen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1850 · Industrial Revolution in Lancashire
When the Industrial Revolution hit Lancashire, cotton mills started spring up everywhere. This helped the cotton industry to start booming even moreso in Lancashire.
1850 · Translation of the Book of Mormon into Danish
Erastus Snow and Peter Hansen translated the Book of Mormon into Danish after six months of being in the country. This translation was the first full translation of the Book of Mormon into another language, after English.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is derived from Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore ). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey ).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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