Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Bickmore was born on 1 February 1840, in Brown, Illinois, United States, her father, Isaac Motor Bickmore, was 42 and her mother, Martha Harville, was 31. Her parents joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, her father in 1828 and her mother in 1840. The family immigrated to Utah with Church in 1852 when Mary Ann was age 12. Her father and his mother died on the trek on 6 July 1852 in Nebraska due to cholera outbreak and are buried there. Her family continued on to Utah without their husband father. At age 16 she married William Reed Hardy Sr on 17 July 1856, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Ora, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Marysville, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1910. She died on 17 November 1917, in Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Hooper City Cemetery, Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Mary A Hardy in household of William R Hardy, "United States Census, 1900"
- Web: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Name Meaning
English (Essex): habitational name from a lost or unidentified place called Bickmore or Bilkemore, apparently in or near Bedfordshire.
History: This name was brought to New England by Thomas Bigmore or Bickmore, whose son Samuel Bickmore was born in 1635 in Boston, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Mary Ann Bickmore
Isaac Motor Bickmore and Martha Harville and his parents moved at the same time to Brown County, Illinois where they were married in 1828. Isaac joined the church shortly after they were married and o …
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