Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Covington was born on 2 June 1841, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Josiah Covington Sr., was 20 and her mother, Susannah Freeman, was 25. She married Chauncey Walker West on 16 July 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in West Derby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 20 March 1920, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Mary A West in household of Angeline West, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Ann Covington, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Mary Ann Ross in the Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Huntingdonshire named Covington, from an Old English personal name Cofa + Old English -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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