Mary Elizabeth Florence was born on 9 April 1794, in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. She married Thomas Cruff on 15 June 1814, in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 2 February 1856, in her hometown, at the age of 61, and was buried in Waterside Cemetery, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
English: from the personal name Florence, used by both sexes (from Latin masculine Florentius and feminine Florentia, from florens ‘blooming, flowering’ and ultimately from flos, genitive floris ‘flower’). Both Latin names were borne by several early Christian martyrs.
English: habitational name from Florence in Italy, originally named in Latin as Florentia.
French: from the female personal name Florence (see 1 above).
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