Isabella Ann Geary

Brief Life History of Isabella Ann

When Isabella Ann Geary was born on 25 July 1835, in Osbornes Mills, Roane, Virginia, United States, her father, Mathew Geary, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Elmira Mary Ashley, was 28. She married Dr. Patrick Henry McCan on 10 May 1851, in Kanawha, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Geary District, Roane, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Edison, Furnas, Nebraska, United States in 1910. She died on 23 January 1922, in Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Edison Cemetery, Edison, Furnas, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dr. Patrick Henry McCan
1822–1906
Isabella Ann Geary
1835–0010
Marriage: 10 May 1851
Patrick H. McCan
1851–1851
Mary Amelia McCan
1852–1930
Richard Locke Brooks McCan
1854–1905
Esther Elizabeth McCan
1857–1887
Martha Ellen McCan
1858–1946
Evangeline Caroline McCan
1859–1874
Jessie Drusilla McCan
1861–1896
Ambrose Everett Burnsides McCann
1863–1946
Sherman Geary McCan
1866–1952
Bert Howard McCan
1867–1957
Patrick Henry McCan
1869–1870
Frank Carrico McCan
1871–1940
Ella C. McCan
1873–1873
Shelby Ryan McCann
1873–1955
Addie Belle McCan
1875–1961
Charles Wesley McCann
1876–1959
Benjamin West McCann
1880–1956

Sources (30)

  • Isibell A Mc Can in household of William Mc Kinstry, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Isabella Geary, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Isabella Ann Geary McCann, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gadhra ‘descendant of Gadhra’ (see O'Gara ).

Irish: alternatively, possibly a shortened form of McGeary .

English: from the Old French personal name Geri, ancient Germanic Geric, from gēr ‘spear’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’.

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

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