Agnes McNeil

Brief Life History of Agnes

When Agnes McNeil was born on 22 May 1853, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William McNeil, was 27 and her mother, Mary Blackie, was 25. She married George Smith on 4 August 1875, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1934. She died on 4 July 1934, at the age of 81, and was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Smith
1852–1913
Agnes McNeil
1853–1934
Marriage: 4 August 1875
Nellie Smith
1877–
Charles Geo Smith
1879–
Edith Gertrude Smith
1888–1927

Sources (17)

  • Agnes Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Agnes M. Smith, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Agnes Mcneil, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"

World Events (8)

1854

Historical Boundaries: 1854: Cook, Illinois, United States

1863

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

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Néill, a patronymic from the personal name Niall (genitive Néill), see Neil and also Neilson, which was sometimes substituted for McNeil in Lowland Scotland.

History: The Scottish Clan McNeil claims descent from the early Irish king Niall of the Nine Hostages (see O'Neill ), and the name is associated in particular with the island of Barra in the Hebrides, having been brought there from Ireland in 1049. Some members of this clan later migrated to Antrim and Derry in Ireland. A different Scottish Clan MacNeill (spelled with two l's) has a traditional ancestral home on the island of Gigha.

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

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