Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Harper was born on 16 December 1806, in Pudsey, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Harper, was 26 and her mother, Rachel Waterhouse, was 27. She married William Goodwin Noble on 13 December 1830, in Irchester, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 30 November 1882, in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Smithfield City Cemetery, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Noble in household of William Noble, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Ann Harper, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary A H Noble, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire), Scottish, Irish (Antrim and Down), and Dutch: occupational name for a player on the harp, from Middle English harper(e) ‘harper’ (Old English hearpere) and Middle Dutch harper, herper. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Goodwin Noble and Mary Ann Harper Noble
WILLIAM GOODWIN NOBLE & MARY ANN HARPER NOBLE This “Life Sketch” of William Goodwin Noble and Mary Ann Harper Noble was written originally by Bessie Noble Larkin, Margaret Thain Noble, and Verla Ster …
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