Mary Ann Spendlove

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Spendlove was born on 22 October 1855, in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Spendlove, was 22 and her mother, Harriet Payne, was 22. She married Peter Franklin Thurston on 3 October 1871, in Milton, Morgan, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1864 and lived in Clifton, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1910 and Graham, Arizona, United States in 1920. In 1880, at the age of 25, her occupation is listed as kps hse. She died on 26 May 1923, in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Franklin Thurston
1851–1886
Mary Ann Spendlove
1855–1923
Marriage: 3 October 1871
Harriet Thurston
1872–1945
Rosetta Thurston
1874–1897
Mary Ann Thurston
1875–1963
Joseph Franklin Thurston
1878–1879
Jefferson Smith Thurston
1879–1918
Cordelia Thurston
1881–1961
Caroline Thurston
1883–1964
Josephine Thurston
1886–1925

Sources (24)

  • M A Thirston in household of F P Thirston, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mary Ann Spendlove, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
  • Mary Ann Thurston, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872

Historical Boundaries 1872: Yavapai, Arizona Territory, United States 1879: Apache, Arizona Territory, United States 1881: Graham, Arizona Territory, United States 1909: Greenlee, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Greenlee, Arizona, United States

1874

Historical Boundaries 1874: Pima, Arizona Territory, United States 1881: Graham, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Graham, Arizona, United States

Name Meaning

English: nickname presumably for someone who was free with his affections, from Middle English spend(en) ‘(to) spend or squander’ (Old English spend(an)) + love ‘love’ (Old English lufu).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Peter Franklin Thurston & wife Mary Ann Spendlove & family

Peter Franklin Thurston & Mary Ann Spendlove & Family (written by Sarah Lavern Thurston Cox) I was born in Pima November 12, 1899, daughter of Jefferson Smith and Sarah (Stock Thurston. I was born …

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