Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Dyson was born on 29 November 1819, in Shearsby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Dyson VI, was 32 and her mother, Jane Burdett, was 26. She married Daniel Billingham on 13 January 1837, in Shearsby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 17 December 1888, in West Weber, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Billingham in household of Daniel Billingham, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Dyson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Dyson, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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World Events (8)
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: metronymic meaning ‘son of Dye’, from the Middle English female personal name Dye . The name is also sometimes interchanged with Tyson .
In some cases also an Americanized form of Norwegian Disen: habitational name from a farm name found in several places in eastern Norway, a compound of Old Norse dís ‘woman, goddess’ + -en from vin ‘meadow’. Compare Deason 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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