Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Weston was born on 10 March 1817, in Corse, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Halford Weston, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Walker Thackwell, was 25. She married John Davis on 23 December 1840, in Gloucester St Nicholas, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. She immigrated to Quebec, Canada in 1841 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1842, at the age of 27, her occupation is listed as set apart midwife in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. She died on 15 February 1901, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Maughn in household of Peter Maughn, "United States Census, 1850"
- 1817 - Mary Ann Weston, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary A. Davis, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from any of numerous places called Weston, from Old English west ‘west’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
topographic name from Middle English atte west tun(e) ‘at the west farmstead, settlement’ (Old English west + tūn), or from Middle English (bi) weste(n)tune (Old English be westan tūne or be west in tūne), denoting someone who lived either to the west of a settlement or in the western part of a settlement. The latter was a common surname in Sussex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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PETER & RUTH 1831: MARRIED OCTOBER 1, 1831. Peter was 20 and Ruth was 19. Ruth signed the marriage contract with an X signifying “Christ as my witness”. CHILDREN: John Harrison 1830, Agnes 1832, W …
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