Margaret E Carr

Female4 December 1904–26 December 1999

Brief Life History of Margaret E

Margaret E Carr was born on 4 December 1904, in Kentucky, United States. She married Earnest E. Kearns from 1925 to 1927, in Harrison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Magisterial District 4, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 December 1999, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

Earnest E. Kearns
1903–1972
Margaret E Carr
1904–1999
Marriage: from 1925 to 1927
Robert Elliot Kearns
1927–1979
Frances E Kearns
1929–2001
Jimmy R Kearns
1936–

Sources (18)

  • Maggie Kearns, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Margaret E Kearns, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Margaret E Kearns, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    from 1925 to 1927Harrison, Kentucky, United States
  • Children (3)

    World Events (8)

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 2

    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    1912 · McCreary County Created

    Age 8

    Named after James B. McCreary a Confederate war hero and two time Governor of Kentucky McCreary County was created in 1912.

    1929

    Age 25

    13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.

    Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .

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

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