O'Brien

Female1917–about 1917

Brief Life History of O'Brien

When O'Brien was born in 1917, in United States, her father, Clarence Leroy O'Brien, was 26 and her mother, Marzetta Taylor, was 19. She died about 1917, at the age of 1.

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Family Time Line

Clarence Leroy O'Brien
1891–1937
Marzetta Taylor
1898–1918
O'Brien
about 1917–about 1917

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Siblings (1)

    Femaleabout 1917–about 1917 Female

World Events (2)

about 1917

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U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

about 1917 · Joining the First World War

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Starting with the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, which killed 128 American citizens, and many other conflicts with trade from Germany. Congress held a special meeting that resulted in The United States declaring war on Germany. Formally entering the First World War.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Dermot, Liam, Brigid, Declan, Donovan, John Patrick, Kieran, Colm, Donal, Brennan, Caitlin.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Briain ‘descendant of Brian’, a personal name probably based on the element bre- ‘hill’, with the transferred sense ‘eminence’, i.e. ‘exalted one’. See also Bryan . In Ireland there has also been some confusion with O'Byrne (see Byrne ).

History: This name is borne in particular by one of the greatest of Irish septs, descendants of Brian Boru, who rose to the high kingship of Ireland in 1002.

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

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