Brief Life History of Theresa
When Theresa Conroy was born on 12 February 1878, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, her father, John Patrick Conroy, was 46 and her mother, Mary Anne Sewell, was 43. She married Orrin Calvin Messinger about 1905, in South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Perkins, South Dakota, United States in 1910 and Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States in 1930. She died on 8 January 1961, in Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Tharasa Conroy in household of John P Conroy, "United States Census, 1900"
- Theresa Conroy Messinger, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Teresa Conroy, "Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900"
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1879
Historical Boundaries: 1879: Mills, Dakota Territory, United States 1879: Brown, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Brown, Dakota, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Tighe, Brigid, Declan, Finbarr, Fintan, Liam, Niall, Nuala, Patrick Michael.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Conaire ‘descendant of Conaire’, or a byname meaning ‘keeper of the hound’ (a derivative of cú ‘hound’).
Irish and Manx: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Conraoi or Mac Conraoi ‘descendant (or son) of Cú Raoi’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the plain’ (stressed on the final syllable).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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