Brief Life History of Mary Ida
When Mary Ida Potts was born on 30 November 1838, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Potts, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Hall, was 38. She married Robert Bowman on 1 April 1861, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in St John, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Elswick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 7 October 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Pitts in household of John Pitts, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Potts, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Bowman, "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: variant of Pott , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, in the former case denoting a Pot(t)'s son, relative or servant.
Americanized form of German Botz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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