Mary Ann Mitchell

Female20 August 1805–13 January 1889

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Mitchell was born on 20 August 1805, in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Abednego Mitchell, was 28 and her mother, Mary Bradley, was 32. She married George Clarke on 19 November 1832, in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 13 January 1889, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Clarke
1801–1873
Mary Ann Mitchell
1805–1889
Marriage: 19 November 1832
Sarah Clarke
1835–1837
Charlotte Ann Clark
1837–1888
William Mitchell Clarke
1842–1924
George Clarke
1845–1850
Ann Clarke
1847–1849
Hannah Clarke
1850–1864

Sources (45)

  • Mary Clark in household of George Clark, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Mary Ann Mitchell in entry for William Clarke, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Mary Ann Clarke in household of Geo Clarke, "United States Census, 1860"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 November 1832Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1808

    Age 3

    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

    Age 3

    The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

    1830

    Age 25

    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .

    English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.

    Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Story Highlight

    Hannah Clarke and her story

    Hannah came from England in 1856. Her and her family including her father, George Clarke, and mother, Mary Ann Mitchell, and 2 siblings William and Charlotte, came across on a boat called the Enoch Tr …

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