Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann House was born on 6 February 1858, in Indiana, United States, her father, John Wesley House, was 42 and her mother, Nancy Wells, was 40. She married John Trevett on 17 December 1882, in Burstock, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Jeffersonville Township, Clark, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 13 January 1864, in Clark, Indiana, United States, at the age of 5.
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- Mary House in household of Jno W House, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary A. House, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
Name Meaning
English: topographic or occupational name for someone employed ‘at the house’, from Middle English hous(e) (Old English hūs), probably a religious house such as a convent. In the Middle Ages the majority of the population lived in cottages or huts rather than houses.
English: variant of Howes .
English: perhaps a topographic name from an unrecorded Middle English huse, a southwest dialect form of Old English hyse ‘place overgrown with (water) plants’, a derivative of Old English hos ‘(water) plant’. In modern English, the name might have been absorbed into Huss or Hose .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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