Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Turpin was born on 23 January 1840, in Birkenshaw, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Turpin, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Tidswell, was 24. She married John Bennion on 19 April 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Forest Dale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 4 January 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary T. Blaine in household of John Cannon, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mary Turpin, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Mary Turpin Bennion, "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
French and English: from the Old French and Middle English personal name Turpin, representing the falling together of the Old Norse name Thórfinnr (composed of the elements Thórr, the name of the god of thunder in Scandinavian mythology + the ethnic name Finnr ‘Finn’; compare Turvin ) and of the Latin name Turpinus (from Latin turpis ‘ugly, base’), one of the self-abasing names adopted as a mark of humility by the early Christians (it was borne by the archbishop of Rheims in the Charlemagne legend), and of the Old French and Middle English form.
History: Alexandre Turpin from France married Marie-Charlotte Beauvais in Montreal, QC, in 1684.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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