When Mary Hirst was born on 8 November 1820, in St Paul's Church, Drighlington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Hirst, was 26 and her mother, Jane Dunwell, was 28. She married Joseph Hepworth on 9 April 1837, in Batley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1863 and lived in Batley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 21 September 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Hurst .
German: variant of Hürst (see Hurst ).
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Possible Related NamesThe following is from a document obtained from NelLo H. Bassett. Joseph Hepworth was born 11 Sep 1816, the third child (second son) of the nine known children born to Richard Hepworth and Hannah Wil …
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