Researching Maria Abbey
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1100 people with the Abbey surname? In that year Abbey was ranked number 2502 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Maria means "form of MARY -- bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Maria Abbey on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Maria Abbey and the Abbey Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 1466 people with the Abbey surname in the UK? Abbey is now ranked number 2712 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Abbey surname in the USA? Abbey is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Maria Abbey
Maria N. Abbey (nee Young, December 17, 1816 - April 13, 1903) was a nurse during the American Civil War.
The daughter of Aaron Young, Maria N. Abbey was born and educated in Geneva, New York. She and her husband moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1845.
In Mary G. Holland's collection of letters from Civil War nurses, titled, Our Army Nurses: Stories from Women in the Civil War, Abbey recounts her experience as a wartime nurse. She was called to the service after hearing Reverend H. W. Beecher speak at Plymouth church of the duty of women to help during the war. She heard this sermon in April 1861, the Sunday after the battle at Fort Sumter, and enlisted with six other women by the first day of May. These women were some of the first to respond to the call for nurses.
Her service began at Union Hospital at Georgetown. Immediately, Abbey noticed the lack of structure and organization of the hospital, largely due to the immense need for help. Ultimately, the hospital environment proved to be too much physical and emotional stress for Abbey, who left September 3, 1861.
This did not stop Abbey from aiding the war effort. Abbey opened her own home to be used as a private hospital for two years, maintained by herself. The house continued to operate as a hospital even after Abbey moved. She reportedly never expected payment for her services.
In her later years, Abbey was chaplain for the Ladies' Relief Corps, an auxiliary to the McPherson-Doane Post of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Activities in Abbey's personal life included singing in church choirs.
Abbey died in Brooklyn on April 13, 1903, and was buried in Buffalo, New York.
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