Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Abel was born on 19 January 1853, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Isaac Abel, was 23 and her mother, Ann Methley, was 28. She married Elijah Bourne on 14 August 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1920 and American Fork Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 1 December 1931, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Mary A Bourne, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mary Ann Abel, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
- Emily Abel Paxman, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, French, Spanish, and Polish; Slovak (mainly Ábel) and Czech (also Ábel): from the Biblical personal name Abel, Slovak Ábel, which was used in continental Europe from the sixth century. After the Norman Conquest it was introduced to England and Scotland, where it had a brief currency in the 12th and 13th centuries before being revived in England after the Reformation. In the Book of Genesis Abel is a son of Adam, murdered by his brother Cain (Genesis 4:1–8). In Christian tradition he is regarded as a representative of suffering innocence. The Hebrew form of the name is Hebel (Latinized as Abel), from a vocabulary word meaning ‘breath’.
German: from the personal name Abel, a pet form of Albrecht .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Elijah and Mary Ann Abel and Rosa Abel Bourne
Sketch of the lives of Elijah Bourne and his wives Mary Ann Abel and Rosa Abel Elijah Bourne, son of John and Elizabeth Johnson Bourne was born October 15, 1851 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His fathe …
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