Mary Ann Eynon

16 February 1837–21 November 1922 (Age 85)
Landshipping, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Eynon was born on 16 February 1837, in Landshipping, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Eynon, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Ann Morse, was 28. She married Edward Burgoyne on 7 March 1861, in Brynmawr, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1910. She died on 21 November 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Burgoyne
1835–1902
Mary Ann Eynon
1837–1922
Marriage: 7 March 1861
Edward Lorenzo Burgoyne
1861–1916
Thomas William Burgoyne
1863–1863
Sarah Jane Burgoyne
1865–1938
Martha Ellen Burgoyne
1872–1951
Jacobina Lizzie Burgoyne
1873–1880
Lottie Belle Burgoyne
1877–1881

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 March 1861Brynmawr, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1839 · The Rebecca Riots Take Place
    Age 2
    The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.
    1843
    Age 6
    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
    1863
    Age 26
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    Welsh: from Enniaun, an old Welsh personal name ultimately derived from Late Latin Annianus, but also associated with Welsh einion ‘anvil’, taken as implying stability and fortitude. See also Beynon and compare Onion .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Beynon
    Hennion
    Bennion
    Binion
    Kenyon

    Story Highlight

    The Burgoyne's and the Wilcox's

    Samuel Allen Wilcox was born March 22, 1819, in Norfolk, St. Lawrence County, New York. The eldest son of Silas Wilcox and Margaret Belinda Allen. Not much is known of Samuel’s boyhood days. …

    Sources (42)

    • Mary Einon in household of Richard Einon, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • Mary Eynon in entry for Edward Lorenzo Eynon, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
    • Mary Eynon in household of Sarah Eynon, "England and Wales Census, 1861"

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