John William Cassidy was born in 1831, in Ireland. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Rebecca Mary Rickard. He died before 1881, in New Brunswick, Canada.
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The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Conan, Liam, Murphy, Aileen, Brigid, Conal, Conley, Fergus, John Patrick, Padraic, Seamus.
Irish (Western Ulster and Meath): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caiside ‘descendant of Caiside’, a byname from cas ‘curly(-headed)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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