Brief Life History of Catherine
Catherine Jordan was born in 1844, in New Brunswick, Canada as the daughter of Mary. She married Cornelius 'Neal' McFadden on 29 August 1865, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900.
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- Mary Ann Moran, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Anna Moran, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Anna Morning in entry for Patrick J McFadden and Bessie Forow, "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1867 · British North America Act
The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.
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
English, German, French (mainly Alsace and Haute-Savoie), Polish, Czech, and Slovenian; Spanish and Hungarian (Jordán): from the Christian personal name or nickname Jordan. This is taken from the name of the river Jordan (Hebrew Yarden, a derivative of yarad ‘to go down’, i.e. to the Dead Sea). At the time of the Crusades it was a common practice for crusaders and pilgrims to bring back flasks of water from the river in which John the Baptist had baptized people, including Christ himself, and to use it in the christening of their own children. As a result Jordan became quite a common personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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