Brief Life History of Mary Jane Collins
When Mary Jane Collins Dyer was born on 7 August 1838, in Berrynarbor, Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Dyer, was 33 and her mother, Mary Collins, was 30. She married Benjamin Ashby on 25 October 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Llansamlet, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 30 July 1927, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (36)
- Pitt, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mary Jane Pitt, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Mary E. Ashby in entry for Mary Henriette Ingalls, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a dyer of cloth, from Middle English deier, degher ‘dyer’ (Old English dēag ‘dye’; the verb is a back-formation from the agent noun). Compare Dexter . The name is typical of southern England. In the Midlands Dexter is the more common equivalent and in northern England Lister .
Irish (Sligo and Antrim): variant of Dwyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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