Brief Life History of Herbert
When Herbert Mostyn was born in 1904, in Molong, New South Wales, Australia, his father, Isaac Lewis Mostyn, was 40 and his mother, Martha McLachlan, was 30. He died on 2 November 1957, in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 53.
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1911
Canberra is founded and designated as the capital. The Federal Capital Territory is established as an area of two 360 square kilometers in the Yass-Canberra district.
1914
August: Australia becomes involved in World War One as Britain is preparing to declare war on Germany.
1921
Edith Cowan is elected to the Western Australia Parlaiment. She is the first woman parliamentarian in Australia.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: habitational name from Mostyn in Flintshire, Wales, the name of which is derived from Old English mos ‘bog’ + tūn ‘farm, village’.
History: This surname was adopted by a 16th-century Lord of Mostyn, Thomas ap Richard ap Hywel, and his brother Piers.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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