Mary Jane Aland

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Aland was born on 30 October 1838, in Batheaston, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Sparrow Aland, was 35 and her mother, Ellen Sarah Harding, was 27. She married William Seely Lish on 2 July 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1854 and lived in Analy Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1870 and Redwood Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States for about 20 years. She died on 8 October 1925, in Guerneville, Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Redwood Memorial Gardens, Guerneville, Sonoma, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Josiah Albert Faylor Sr
1839–1906
Mary Jane Aland
1838–1925
Marriage: 1860
Josiah Albert Faylor Jr
1861–1921
Mary Ellen Faylor
1863–1947
Orson Cutler Faylor
1865–1936
John Francis Faylor
1867–1942
Nellie Faylor
1868–1937
Samuel James Faylor
1870–1908
Harriet May Faylor
1879–1903

Sources (29)

  • Mary Taylor, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary Jane Aland, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1863

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

Name Meaning

Scandinavian (Åland): topographic name from the Åland Islands in the Gulf of Bothnia.

English: topographic name from Middle English atte lande (Old French laund) ‘dweller at the glade or pasture’, or sometimes perhaps, ‘dweller at the old cultivated land(s)’ from Old English eald, ald ‘old’ + land ‘land’.

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

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