Brief Life History of John Dennis
John Dennis Foley was born on 15 July 1897, in Sargent Township, Sargent, North Dakota, United States. He married Alice Frisk on 28 February 1926, in Breckenridge, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States. He died on 6 November 1980, in Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Freeman Cemetery, Richland, Dakota Territory, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: John Foley - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John Foley
- John M. Foley, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Foley, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Siobhan, Aidan, Aileen, Delma, Eamonn, John Patrick, Brennan, Brian Patrick, Briana, Brigid.
Irish (southern): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Foghladha ‘descendant of Foghlaidh’, a byname meaning ‘pirate, marauder, plunderer’.
Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Searraigh (see McSharry ), chosen because of its phonetic approximation to English foal. Mac Searraigh is derived from a personal name based on searrach ‘foal’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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