Brief Life History of Mary Young
When Mary Young Bridgeman was born on 10 March 1837, in Coal Grove, Lawrence, Ohio, United States, her father, Robert Bridgeman, was 38 and her mother, Mary Polly Davis, was 38. She married John Jones Allred on 23 September 1852, in Smithville, Clay, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Carroll Township, Platte, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Shunesburg, Washington, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 21 July 1918, in Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.
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- Mary Bridgman in household of James Bridgman, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Young Bridgeman - Individual or family possessions: birth: 10 March 1837; Coal Grove, Lawrence, Ohio, United States
- Mary Bridgeman, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
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World Events (8)
1838
Historical Boundaries 1838: Platte create from Non-County Areas 28 and 12
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: topographic or occupational name from Middle English brigge, brugge ‘bridge’ (Old English brycg) + man, denoting either a dweller by or a keeper of a bridge. See Bridge .
In some cases possibly also an Americanized form (translation into English) of German Bruckmann (see Bruckman ).
History: James Bridgeman or Bridgman (1620–76) came to Hartford, CT, from Winchester, Hampshire, England, in 1640.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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