Brief Life History of Bielby
When Bielby Maw was born on 5 May 1862, in Beswick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Mark Maw, was 35 and his mother, Ann Ward, was 34. He married Elizabeth Hopper about 1889, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Driffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Beverley St Mary with St Nicholas, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 23 February 1943, in Beverly, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80, and was buried in Beverley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (14)
- Bielby Maw in household of Thomas Stockdale, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Bielby Maw, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Bielby Maw, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1862–1943 Male
1862–1945 Female
Children (4)
1886–1904 Male
1893–1916 Female
1895–1977 Male
1899– Female
Parents and Siblings
1826–1907 Male
1828–1883 Female
Siblings (9)
1848–1931 Male
1850– Female
1852– Male
1855–1910 Male
1857– Female
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World Events (8)
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
Age 1
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 18
1884
Age 22
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire): from Middle English Maw(e), a pet form of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Maheu (see Matthew ). Alternative derivation of Middle English Mawe from an Old English personal name Māwa is theoretically possible in northern England. Compare Mew .
English (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire): occasionally a variant of Mowe .
English (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire): topographic name meaning either ‘(dweller by) the meadow’, from an otherwise unrecorded Middle English word mawe, mowe ‘meadow’ (attested in the second element of the Old English placename Dunmow, Essex), or ‘(dweller by) the wet hollow’, from Middle English mawe ‘stomach’ (Old English maga) used topographically to denote a depression which collects water. See also Mowe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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